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English
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A highly visual introduction explains the basic concepts of astronomy and gives advice on the best methods and equipment for observation, including binoculars and telescopes. Each of the planets in the Solar System is described and illustrated in detail, with images taken from space probes as well as from the ground, showing them as you can expect to see them. More than 160 star charts were made especially for this book by the Royal Greenwich Observatory....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ancient people from many different cultures all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by 'drawing' a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures--constellations--represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us. [The] author relates many of the . . . constellation stories and explains what stars actually are: how they formed, why they die, and how they're grouped into constellation...
6) Stars
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Language
English
Description
An introduction to stars and constellations of the Milky Way, as well as galaxies, star clusters, and other phenomena that can be observed with the help of binoculars, telescopes, or observatories.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
E. W. Bullinger was a 19th century English clergyman, scholar, and prolific author. He was best-known in his lifetime for the publication of a detailed Concordance and a six-part Companion Bible. In "The Witness of the Stars", first published in 1893, Bullinger takes the reader to the time before God left a written record of his word, or scripture. Bullinger rejects the pagan interpretation of constellations and finds instead proof of the word of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A is for Andromeda, our neighbor galaxy. B is for Big Dipper, that's an easy one to see. John Farrell takes kids on a rhyming tour of the night sky, from A to Z, with spectacular full-color photographs and facts about the wonders of space. From distant Andromeda, a galaxy made up of billions of stars, to the constellation of the zodiac, Farrell covers the high points of outer space. How do you find Jupiter or Venus? How does the Moon cause the tides...
19) Seeing stars
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Discover familiar constellations and learn how to recognize them in the night sky.
20) Constellations
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Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Identifies the groups of stars known as constellations and discusses their origin, uses, and observation.
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