Guidebook To The Constellations Telescopic Sights, Tales, and Myths

Name: Guidebook To The Constellations
Author: Phil Simpson

Auteur: Phil Simpson

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Phil Simpson

Engels
Paperback
9781441969408
15 december 2011
863 pagina's

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This handbook guides the stargazer through all 88 officially recognized constellations, grouped according to their origin and location in the sky. The book includes origin myths, finder charts, tables, photographs and plots of binary star orbital motions.

This handbook is a guide to exploring the night sky and its wonderful telescopic sights. All eighty-eight officially recognized constellations in both hemispheres are presented in natural groups, related by their origin and location. The author, a former astronomy instructor and planetarium director, has for over thirty-five years, researched myths from all over the world to identify the most memorable stories which link multiple constellations in a single story. Thus, the interested observer may discover that it will be easier to use already known constellations to locate and remember new constellations. The author has found that showing each constellation figure with a simple line drawing is helpful for remembering each constellation. He includes photographs of many of the brighter celestial objects, as well as many accompanying drawings which illustrate how the telescopic views differ from the photographs.

One way to use this handbook, which is useful to beginners as well as experienced astronomers, is to read the myth or story that explains the constellation of interest, view the corresponding photograph, finder and detailed charts, and then go outside and find it! This method was successfully used with groups ranging from third graders to college astronomy classes. An index and seven appendices help the user find specific objects or subjects of interest. Other helpful features of this comprehensive guidebook include:

Specific instructions for finding each constellation
A list of the named stars in each constellation with the correct spelling, pronunciation, and origin of the star names
Finder charts showing each constellation with a large area of the sky around it
Detailed charts showing the location of the celestial objects in each constellation
Constellation photographs
Pointer stars and special star groups which can be used as aids in finding specific constellations

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 december 2011
Aantal pagina's: 863
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Phil Simpson
Hoofduitgeverij: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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Editie: 2012
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 178 mm
Product hoogte: 38 mm
Product lengte: 254 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 178 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 254 mm
Verpakking lengte: 254 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1899 g

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EAN: 9781441969408

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