| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 117 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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A Walk through the Southern Sky -- Title -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. : MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE SKY -- Map of the Moon -- Significant Luna missions -- Significant Apollo missions -- DISTANCES TO THE STARS -- THREE-DIMENSIONAL AWARENESS -- THE BRIGHTNESS OF STARS -- THE MILKY WAY -- LIFE IN THE HEAVENS -- INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THE ATLAS -- SPRING STARS -- SUMMER STARS -- AUTUMN STARS -- WINTER STARS -- PART 2. : A WALF THROUGH THE HEAVENS -- A WALK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SKY -- THE SOUTHERN CROSS (CRUX) (FIGURE 9) -- PATHWAYS FROM CRUX -- To locate Musca (Figure 11) |
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PATHWAYS FROM GRUSTo locate Tucana (Figures 17 and 18) -- To locate Indus (Figure 17) -- To locate Capricornus -- THE DIPHDA-FOMALHAUT-ACHENAR-PEACOCK TRIANGLES -- To locate Ankaa in the constellation of Phoenix (Figure 19) -- THE GRUS-SAGITTARIUS-SCORPIUS-LUPUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 20) -- To locate Microscopium -- To locate Telescopium -- To locate Norma -- THE CANIS MAJOR-PUPPIS-CARINA (CANOPUS) RELATIONSHIP -- To locate Puppis (Figure 21) -- THE RIVER ERIDANUS (FIGURE 22) -- GUIDES TO THE SOUTH CELESTIAL POLE (SCP) (FIGURE 23) -- THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS -- STARTING FROM ORION (FIGURE 24) -- PATHWAYS FROM ORION |
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To locate CorvusTo locate Carina (Figure 12) -- To locate Achernar of Eridanus -- THE CENTAURUS-CRUX-VELA RELATIONSHIP -- THE TRUE AND FALSE SOUTHERN CROSSES -- To locate Vela and the False Southern Cross (Figure 13) -- THE ACRUX-CANOPUS-ACHERNAR TRIANGLE (FIGURE 14) -- THE CENTAURUS-LUPUS-ARA-LIBRA-SCORPIUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 15) -- PATHWAYS FROM CENTAURUS -- To Lupus -- To locate Libra -- To Ara -- To Circinus and Triangulum Australe -- THE SAGITTARIUS-CENTAURUS-HYDRUS-PAVO RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 16) -- To locate Peacock in Pavo -- THE ARCHERNAR-FOMALHAUT-PEACOCK TRIANGLE -- To locate Grus (Figure 17) |
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To locate Sirius in Canis Major (Figure 25)To locate Procyon in Canis Minor -- To locate Taurus and its star clusters the Hyades and the Pleiades -- To locate Achernar and Canopus -- To locate Gemini (Figure 26) -- To locate Auriga -- To locate Lepus, Columba and Cetus (Figure 27) -- To locate Cetus -- ORION'S ENCIRCLEMENT (FIGURE 28) -- TO LOCATE ARCTURUS IN BOOTES (FIGURE 29) -- TO LOCATE COR CAROLI IN CANES VENATICI -- TO LOCATE CORONA BOREALIS -- TO LOCATE SPICA IN VIRGO (FIGURE 30) -- TO LOCATE CORVUS -- TO LOCATE HYDRA, THE WATER SNAKE -- TO LOCATE LEO (FIGURE 31) -- TO LOCATE CANCE (FIGURE 32) |
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TO LOCATE VEGA IN LYRA (FIGURE 33)TO LOCATE THE NORTHERN CROSS (CYGNUS) (FIGURE 34) -- TO LOCATE PEGASUS (FIGURES 35 AND 36) -- TO LOCATE ALTAIR IN AQUILA -- TO LOCATE HAMAL IN ARIES, DIPHDA IN CETUS AND FOMALHAUT IN PISCIS AUSTRINUS (FIGURE 36) -- To locate Aries -- To locate Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus -- To locate Diphda in Cetus -- TO LOCATE PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA (FIGURE 37) -- TO LOCATE HERCULES FIGURE 38) -- TO LOCATE OPHIUCHUS (FIGURE 40) -- TO LOCATE SERPENS -- TO LOCATE ANTARES IN SCORPIUS -- TO LOCATE SAGITTARIUS -- GENERAL SUMMARY OF PATHWAYS -- PART 3. : LEGENDS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS -- LEGEND OF ANDROMEDA |
| Summary |
A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky |
| Notes |
Previously published: 2007 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Southern sky (Astronomy) -- Observers' manuals
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Astronomy -- Southern Hemisphere -- Observers' manuals
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Constellations -- Observers' manuals
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Stars -- Mythology -- Southern Hemisphere
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NATURE -- Sky Observation.
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Astronomy
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Constellations
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Southern sky (Astronomy)
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Stars -- Mythology
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Southern Hemisphere
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tirion, Wil
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| ISBN |
9781139526593 |
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1139526596 |
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9781139344531 |
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1139344536 |
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9781283574846 |
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1283574845 |
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