Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars, and Other PhenomenaFascinating layman's guide to naked eye astronomy explores eclipses, coronas, mock suns, halos, sun pillars, and more. 56 illustrations and photos supplement the text. "...practical, detailed, and informative commentary on the heavens...written with care and a sense of delight in the visual pleasure around and above us..." — Astronomy Magazine. |
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Contents
The Solar System | 90 |
The Starry Universe | 173 |
The Constellations | 259 |
Observing Data for NakedEye | 268 |
Common terms and phrases
altitude Andromeda antisolar point appear Arcturus asteroids astronomers atmosphere band beautiful Betelgeuse blue sky bright stars brighter brightest star called caused celestial chapter circle color comet Comet West constellation corona Cygnus dark Deneb diameter disk distance droplets dust Earth edge Eta Aquarids fog-bow galaxy green flash Greenler Guy Ottewell halo phenomena heavens horizon Jupiter look lunar eclipse magnitude Mars Mercury meteoroids meteors miles Milky Minnaert mock suns moon moonos naked eye naked-eye Nebula night noctilucent clouds objects observers occur orange orbit Orion parhelic circle perhaps Perseids phenomenon planet Pleiades point of light prominent purple light radiant rainbow rare Regulus Rigel ring Sagittarius Saturn seen shadow shining shower sight Sirius skies solar eclipse sometimes star cluster stars visible Steve Albers strange summer sunos sunset surface tail tand telescope total eclipse tthe twilight umbra Venus wonder zodiacal light
Bibliographic information
| Title | Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars, and Other Phenomena |
| Author | Fred Schaaf |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Courier Corporation, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0486244024, 9780486244020 |
| Length | 299 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Astronomy Science / General |
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