Robert Garfinkle

Star-Hopping

Your Visa to Viewing the Universe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Star-hopping--using easily seen bright stars to locate fainter celestial objects in the sky--is a basic and essential technique for all star gazers, novice and veteran alike. Defining basic astronomy skills, including how to read star charts, finding celestial directions, and understanding telescope types, this guide is essential for sky gazers who want to get the most out of their evening sky explorations. 69 halftones. 57 line diagrams. 13 tables.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780521598897
• ISBN-10: 0521598893
• Artikelnr.: 20953587

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. How to use this book and what you are going to see
2. How the sky works, determining your field of view, observing tips and how to navigate in the night sky
3. January - Taurus and Orion: the bull and hunter
4. February - Canis Minor, Canis Major, and Puppis: dog days in February and Jason's Argo
5. March - Cancer, Leo, and Corvus: a crab, the king of the beasts, and a crow
6. April - Ursa Major: a dipper round tripper
7. May - Coma Berenices and Virgo: the sparkling hair of Berenice and the wheat maiden and her bushel of galaxies
8. June - Libra and Lupus: the balance scales and the wolf
9. July - Scorpius, Sagittarius, and Scutum: the scorpion, archer, and shield of John Sobieski
10. August - Draco: following the trail of the dragon
11. September - Cygnus, Lyra, Vulpecula, and Sagitta: the swan, lyre, fox, and arrow
12. October - Andromeda and Perseus: the chained lady and her rescuer
13. November - Cepheus and Cassiopeia: the king and queen of Joppa
14. December - Pisces, Triangulum, and Aries: of fishes, a triangle, and a ram
15. Messier Marathon, a sundown to sunup hop across the skies
Appendix A: Classification tables
Appendix B: The constellations
Appendix C: The Greek alphabet
Appendix D: Decimalization of the day
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.