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Guidebook to the Constellations Telescopic Sights, Tales, and Myths /

This handbook is a guide to exploring the night sky and its wonderful telescopic sights. All eighty-eight officially recognized constellations in both hemispheres are presented in natural groups, related by their origin and location. The author, a former astronomy instructor and planetarium director...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simpson, Phil (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a How to Observe the Sky Using this Book -- The North Circumpolar Constellations -- The Andromeda Group -- The Orion Group -- The Hercules Group -- The Boötes Group -- The Corvus Group -- The Aquila Group -- The Argo Navis Group -- The Lyra Group -- The Gemini Group -- The Watery Part of the Sky -- Other Northern Constellations -- Modern Constellations Formed by Plancius -- Modern Constellations Formed by Plancius & Keyser -- Modern Constellations Formed by Hevelius -- Modern Constellations Formed by Lacaille -- Glossary of Terms -- Appendices -- Index. 
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