Modelled on Fontenelle’s conversations on the plurality of worlds, this tour follows the Moon through its phases and points out what a small telescope reveals at each stage: the Mare Crisium and Mare Imbrium, Langrenus, Proclus, mountain chains and cliffs, and the great scenes of the lunar surface.
A friendly guide for backyard observers, by the popular astronomer who also wrote Edison’s Conquest of Mars. Download the free EPUB.