Celestial Delights [E-Book] : The Best Astronomical Events Through 2020 / by Francis Reddy.
Celestial Delights is the essential 'TV Guide' for the sky. Through extensive graphics integrated with an eight-year-long calendar of sky events, it provides a look at "don't miss" sky events, mostly for naked-eye and binocular observing. It is organized by ease of observati...
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| Personal Name(s): | Reddy, Francis, author |
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3rd ed. 2012. |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
2012
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| Physical Description: |
XV, 423 pages 132 illustrations, 34 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9781461406105 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4614-0610-5 |
| Series Title: |
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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- Preface
- Chapter 1: The Meaning of the Sky
- Chapter 2: Moon Dance
- Chapter 3: Morning Stars, Evening Stars - Venus and Mercury
- Chapter 4: Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
- Chapter 5: Mars - the Red Wanderer
- Chapter 6: Distant Giants - Jupiter and Saturn
- Chapter 7: Introduction to the Starry Sky
- Chapter 8: Meteors and Meteor Showers
- Chapter 9: Unpredictable Events
- Appendix A: Timetable of Celestial Events through 2020
- Appendix B: Phases of the Moon, 2011 - 2020
- Appendix C: Greatest Elongations of Mercury and Venus, 2011 - 2020
- Appendix D: Oppositions of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, 2011 - 2020
- Glossary
- Index.