Theodore Levitt, Roy K Marshall

Star Maps for Beginners

50th Anniversary Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The classic beginner's guide to viewing and understanding the heavens. Twelve maps trace the month-by-month progression of the constellations; revised tables give approximate positions of the planets for the years 1992 through 1997; and special sections discuss meteors and comets. Also includes mythological lore and statistical information about each planet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallery Books
• 50th edition
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 283mm x 209mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9780671791872
• ISBN-10: 0671791877
• Artikelnr.: 22198960

Autorenporträt

I. M. LEVITT, PH.D., an internationally recognized scientist, is Director Emeritus of the Fels Planetariurn at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
PREFACE
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
MOTIONS IN THE SKY
THE PLANETS AS BRIGHT STARS
THE JANUARY SKY
THE FEBRUARY SKY
THE MARCH SKY
THE APRIL SKY
THE MAY SKY
THE JUNE SKY
THE JULY SKY
THE AUGUST SKY
THE SEPTEMBER SKY
THE OCTOBER SKY
THE NOVEMBER SKY
THE DECEMBER SKY
BEYOND THE UNAIDED EYE
THE SUN'S FAMILY
METEORS: "HOT RODS" OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM