Intimate Look at the Night Sky

Name: Intimate Look at the Night Sky
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ISBN: 9780802776709

ISBN-10: 0802776701

ISBN-13: 9780802776709

Edition: N/A

Authors: Chet Raymo

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On one level, An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star guide: twenty-four beautiful star maps, created specifically for this book, cycle through the seasons and across the heavens, revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year on a clear night in the northern hemisphere. Raymo’s commentaries amplify the maps, offering intriguing details and tips on identifying stars, planets, and constellations. On another level, Chet Raymo challenges our imagination—to see what is unseeable in the universe, to perceive distance and size and shape that is inconceivable, to appreciate ever more fully our extraordinary place in the cosmos. His elegant essays on the heavens blend…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 7.25" wide x 7.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Winter


Star Maps: Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor



Alpha: In the Beginning


Star Maps: Taurus, the Pleiades, Auriga



Dark: Why the Night Is Dark


Star Maps: Gemini, Cancer



Far: The Distances to the Stars



Spring


Star Maps: Leo, Virgo



Fusion: How Stars Burn


Star Maps: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor



Spin: The Planets


Star Maps: Bootes, Corona Borealis, Hercules



Swoosh: Comets and Meteors



Summer


Star Maps: Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius



Shadow: The Moon and Eclipses


Star Maps: Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila, Sagitta, Delphinus



Death: How Stars Die


Star Maps: Capricornus, Aquarius, Fomalhaut



Vortex: The Milky Way Galaxy



Autumn


Star Maps: Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Pegasus



Myriad: The Universe of Galaxies


Star Maps: Andromeda, Perseus



Spirit: Life in the Universe


Star Maps: Pisces, Aries



Omega: How the Universe Will End



Planets



Meteor Showers


Glossary


Resources


Information About the Photographs


Index