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The photographic atlas of the stars
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ISBN: 0750303786 9780750303781 Year: 1997 Publisher: Bristol: Institute of physics,


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The star atlas companion : what you need to know about the constellations
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ISBN: 1461408296 9786613711762 146140830X 1280852402 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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The Star Atlas Companion is the ideal companion to any star atlas, as it is the first book to provide a true perspective on the characteristics and distances of over 1,100 stars and their movement through space. With the aid of scale diagrams, the reader can grasp difficult-to-understand concepts such as how far apart stars really are, their relative sizes, how fast they spin and their shapes, and how the constellation patterns change over time. This book: - describes many stars visible to the naked eye in both the northern and southern hemispheres; - explains binary and multiple star systems in detail; - gives the properties of many open clusters; - enables a true appreciation of the scale of our galactic neighborhood.


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Guidebook to the constellations
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ISBN: 1441969403 9786613768872 1441969411 1280997265 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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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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