Star Guide Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star

Name: Star Guide Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star
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ISBN: 9780471706175

ISBN-10: 0471706175

ISBN-13: 9780471706175

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Robin Kerrod

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Illustrated throughout in full colour, this guide features spectacular new photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, more than 60 simple star charts, and an invaluable detachable planisphere. Special sections explain the nature of stars and galaxies and what makes the universe tick.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/22/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 10.33" wide x 10.35" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Robin Kerrod is a Fellow of Britain's Royal Astronomical Society. He is author of several books and a CD-ROM for amateur astronomers, and is publisher of sky charts used in many schools.



Introduction


How to Use Thus Book



Observing the Heavens


Stargazing


Realm of the Big Eyes


Photographing the Heavens


Radio and Space Telescopes


The Hubble Space Telescope



Looking at Stars


Distant Suns


The Message in Starlight


Clouds Among the Stars


Star Birth


Star Death


Star Groups and Clusters


The Milky Way


Our Galactic Neighbors


Galaxies Galore


Hyperactive Galaxies


Galaxies and the Universe



Patterns in the Sky


The Constellations


Signposts to the Stars


The Celestial Sphere


Changing Skies


Northern Hemisphere, Winter


Northern Hemisphere, Summer


Southern Hemisphere, Winter


Southern Hemisphere, Summer



The Skies Month by Month


The Monthly Maps


North Polar Stars


Cassiopeia


South Polar Stars


Centaurus/Crux


January Skies


Orion


February Skies


March Skies


Ursa Major


April Skies


May Skies


Virgo


June Skies


Scorpius


July Skies


Sagittarius


August Skies


Cygnus


September Skies


October Skies


Andromeda


November Skies


December Skies


Taurus



Sun and Moon


Daytime Star


Observing Solar Eclipses


Queen of the Night


Moon Movements


Lunar Landscapes


Northwest Quadrant


Southwest Quadrant


Northeast Quadrant


Southeast Quadrant



The Sun's Family


The Solar System


Observing the Planets


The Scorching Planets


The Red Planet


The Giant Planets


Far Distant Worlds


Many Moons


Meteors and Comets


The Asteroids


Glossary


Index


Credits