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    Cover of Seeing in the Dark

    Seeing in the Dark

    Timothy Ferris · 2002

    Seeing in the Dark is a poetic love letter to the skies and a stirring report on the revolution now sweeping amateur astronomy in which backyard stargazers link globally by the Internet are exploring deep space and making discoveries worthy of the professionals. Timothy Ferris invites us all to become stargazers, recounting his lifelong experiences as an enthralled stargazer, and capturing the exquisite experience when ancient starlight strikes the eye and incites the mind.

    Physics & CosmologyPopular Science
    Open LibraryAmazon
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    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2016–2022years
    100% recommend

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    What Hacker News says

    1. herodotusJan 2022
      I started by following the advice given in the book "Seeing in the dark" by Timothy Ferris. The advice was simple: on a dark night, look at the sky using binoculars.
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    2. jgalt212Aug 2016
      Seeing in the Dark is a great book on citizen science in astronomy.

      https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Dark-Astronomers-Discovering-U...

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