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The southern sky guide /
"The Southern Sky is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Both beginners and advanced sky-watchers will get great value from this skilfully written book, whether they are using the naked eye, binoculars or a small telescop...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The Southern Sky is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Both beginners and advanced sky-watchers will get great value from this skilfully written book, whether they are using the naked eye, binoculars or a small telescope. This introductory text will familiarise readers with the many and varied objects in the sky and their fascinating movements and changing appearances, as well the ancient myths and legends entwined around the groupings of stars. The book features two groups of maps. The 24 'Skyviews' give the appearance of the whole night sky every two weeks (or at each hour of sidereal time). The 20 full star charts give a comprehensive account of particular areas of sky, with an accompanying text full of fascinating detail. It si designed to b easy to move from one map to another."--Publisher |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 98 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| ISBN: | 9780511480263 0511480261 0511479468 9780511479465 0511478585 9780511478581 9780511550980 0511550987 |