Navigating the Night Sky [E-Book] : How to Identify the Stars and Constellations / by Guilherme de Almeida
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Personal Name(s): | De Almeida, Guilherme, author |
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London :
Springer,
2004
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Physical Description: |
XII, 205 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9781852338985 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-85233-898-5 |
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Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series
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- 1 The Constellations
- 1.1 The Viewing Location
- 1.2 Adapting the Eyes to Darkness
- 1.3 What Is the Next Step Towards Identifying Constellations and Stars?
- 1.4 Where to Start?
- 2 The Stars
- 2.1 How Far Away Are the Stars?
- 2.2 Are the Stars that Are Most Apparent in the Sky Brighter than the Others?
- 2.3 Why Do Stars Twinkle?
- 2.4 Do the Stars Move?
- 2.5 What is the Size and Mass of a Star?
- 2.6 How are Stars Formed and How Long Do they Live?
- 2.7 The Colours of the Stars
- 2.8 The Brightness of the Stars
- 2.9 Do Stars Always Have the Same Brightness?
- 2.10 “Stars” that are not Stars
- 3 The Celestial Sphere
- 3.1 So Just What Are the Constellations?
- 3.2 Measuring the Sky
- 3.3 What is the Ecliptic?
- 3.4 The Ecliptic and the Positions of the Planets in the Sky
- 3.5 The Ecliptic and the Signs of the Zodiac
- 3.6 How to Find Your Way Around the Sky
- 4 Identifying the Constellations and the Brightest Stars
- 4.1 Alignments of Stars
- 4.2 Sky Maps and Road Maps
- 4.3 Using Identification Maps
- 4.4 Ursa Major: The Best Starting Point
- 4.5 Identification Maps
- 5 The Sky Seen from the Southern Hemisphere
- 5.1 Other Viewing Locations
- 5.2 What Does the Sky Look Like in the Southern Hemisphere?
- 5.3 Stars that Cannot be Seen from Latitudes around 40° N
- 5.4 Characteristics of Constellations Close to the Celestial South Pole
- 5.5 The Southern Cross: A Good Starting Point
- 6 The Milky Way
- 7 Celestial Chart
- 8 The Sky and the Four Seasons of the Year
- 8.1 What To Do Next
- 8.2 Constellations with which the Reader Is Already Familiar
- Appendices
- 1 Examples of Ancient Representations of Some Constellations
- 2 How to Locate the Celestial North Pole in the Sky
- 3 Movement of the Sun in Line with the Constellation Ophiuchus
- 4 Bright Stars Shown on the Maps and on Other Diagrams in this Book
- 5 Constellations that Are Easy or Difficult to Recognise
- 6 Useful Data Regarding the Identification and Visibility of the Constellations
- 7 Approximate Latitudes of Some Cities in the Southern Hemisphere, or Close to the Equator
- 8 Angular Distances Between Some Stars Visible between the Latitude Coordinates of 37° N and 42° N
- 9 Angular Distances Between Some Stars in the Celestial Southern Hemisphere
- 10 Symbols of the Sun, Moon and Planets
- 11 Star Names
- 12 The Greek Alphabet.