The constellationsDescribes the history, mythology, scientific aspects, and important stars of each constellation from Andromeda to Virgo |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book combines several different methods of discussing the constellations and offers hints for locating them and some of their more notable stars. Further, it gives the mythological background for ... Read full review
Contents
one Two Bears and a Dragon | 3 |
two Ursa Major and Ursa Minor | 25 |
Galaxies | 45 |
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Common terms and phrases
absolute magnitude ALPHA ancient Andromeda apparent magnitude Arabic astronomical units atoms BETA Betelgeuse blue-white bright brighter called Cassiopeia center of mass Cepheids Cepheus circumpolar clouds color companion components constellation core degrees northwest diameter discovered Earth eclipsing emission EPSILON faint stars fainter fourth-magnitude galactic GAMMA gaseous globular cluster Greek Hale Observatories heavens helium Herschel hydrogen interstellar ionized known lies light years distant luminosity luminous lying Lyrae main sequence main-sequence star massive miles per second million miles Mizar naked-eye nebula northeast novae object observed optical optical companion orbit Orion parallax parsecs period Perseus photographic planetary Polaris primary proper motion protostar RA 12 h radiation radio red dwarf red giant Rigel rotation shell small telescope solar southeast southern spectral class spectral lines spectral type spectroscopic binary spectrum star's stellar subgiant Sun's supergiant supernova temperature Ursa Major variable velocity visible white dwarf Zeta
Bibliographic information
| Title | The constellations |
| Authors | Lloyd Motz, Carol Nathanson |
| Photographs by | Carol Nathanson |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 9, 2010 |
| Length | 411 pages |
| Subjects | › Astronomy Astronomy - Observers' manuals Astronomy/ Observers' manuals Constellations Constellations - Amateurs' manuals Constellations/ Amateurs' manuals Nature / Sky Observation Nature / Star Observation Science / Astronomy Science / General |
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