A walk through the southern sky : a guide to stars, constellations and their legends /

A Walk through the Southern Sky is a beautifully illustrated guide to the stars and constellations of the southern hemisphere. By following the simplified and easy-to-use starmaps, readers will be able to identify constellations with no equipment but normal sight and a clear night sky.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heifetz, Milton D., 1921-2015
Otros Autores: Tirion, Wil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Southern sky (Astronomy) > Observers' manuals.
Astronomy > Southern Hemisphere > Observers' manuals.
Constellations > Observers' manuals.
Stars > Mythology > Southern Hemisphere.
Hémisphère sud (Astronomie) > Manuels d'observation.
Constellations > Manuels d'observation.
NATURE > Sky Observation.
Astronomy.
Constellations.
Southern sky (Astronomy)
Stars > Mythology.
Southern Hemisphere.
Handbooks and manuals.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Walk through the Southern Sky
  • Title
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART 1. : MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE SKY
  • Map of the Moon
  • Significant Luna missions
  • Significant Apollo missions
  • DISTANCES TO THE STARS
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL AWARENESS
  • THE BRIGHTNESS OF STARS
  • THE MILKY WAY
  • LIFE IN THE HEAVENS
  • INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THE ATLAS
  • SPRING STARS
  • SUMMER STARS
  • AUTUMN STARS
  • WINTER STARS
  • PART 2. : A WALF THROUGH THE HEAVENS
  • A WALK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SKY
  • THE SOUTHERN CROSS (CRUX) (FIGURE 9)
  • PATHWAYS FROM CRUX
  • To locate Musca (Figure 11).
  • PATHWAYS FROM GRUSTo locate Tucana (Figures 17 and 18)
  • To locate Indus (Figure 17)
  • To locate Capricornus
  • THE DIPHDA-FOMALHAUT-ACHENAR-PEACOCK TRIANGLES
  • To locate Ankaa in the constellation of Phoenix (Figure 19)
  • THE GRUS-SAGITTARIUS-SCORPIUS-LUPUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 20)
  • To locate Microscopium
  • To locate Telescopium
  • To locate Norma
  • THE CANIS MAJOR-PUPPIS-CARINA (CANOPUS) RELATIONSHIP
  • To locate Puppis (Figure 21)
  • THE RIVER ERIDANUS (FIGURE 22)
  • GUIDES TO THE SOUTH CELESTIAL POLE (SCP) (FIGURE 23)
  • THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
  • STARTING FROM ORION (FIGURE 24)
  • PATHWAYS FROM ORION.
  • To locate CorvusTo locate Carina (Figure 12)
  • To locate Achernar of Eridanus
  • THE CENTAURUS-CRUX-VELA RELATIONSHIP
  • THE TRUE AND FALSE SOUTHERN CROSSES
  • To locate Vela and the False Southern Cross (Figure 13)
  • THE ACRUX-CANOPUS-ACHERNAR TRIANGLE (FIGURE 14)
  • THE CENTAURUS-LUPUS-ARA-LIBRA-SCORPIUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 15)
  • PATHWAYS FROM CENTAURUS
  • To Lupus
  • To locate Libra
  • To Ara
  • To Circinus and Triangulum Australe
  • THE SAGITTARIUS-CENTAURUS-HYDRUS-PAVO RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 16)
  • To locate Peacock in Pavo
  • THE ARCHERNAR-FOMALHAUT-PEACOCK TRIANGLE
  • To locate Grus (Figure 17).
  • To locate Sirius in Canis Major (Figure 25)To locate Procyon in Canis Minor
  • To locate Taurus and its star clusters the Hyades and the Pleiades
  • To locate Achernar and Canopus
  • To locate Gemini (Figure 26)
  • To locate Auriga
  • To locate Lepus, Columba and Cetus (Figure 27)
  • To locate Cetus
  • ORION'S ENCIRCLEMENT (FIGURE 28)
  • TO LOCATE ARCTURUS IN BOOTES (FIGURE 29)
  • TO LOCATE COR CAROLI IN CANES VENATICI
  • TO LOCATE CORONA BOREALIS
  • TO LOCATE SPICA IN VIRGO (FIGURE 30)
  • TO LOCATE CORVUS
  • TO LOCATE HYDRA, THE WATER SNAKE
  • TO LOCATE LEO (FIGURE 31)
  • TO LOCATE CANCE (FIGURE 32).
  • TO LOCATE VEGA IN LYRA (FIGURE 33)TO LOCATE THE NORTHERN CROSS (CYGNUS) (FIGURE 34)
  • TO LOCATE PEGASUS (FIGURES 35 AND 36)
  • TO LOCATE ALTAIR IN AQUILA
  • TO LOCATE HAMAL IN ARIES, DIPHDA IN CETUS AND FOMALHAUT IN PISCIS AUSTRINUS (FIGURE 36)
  • To locate Aries
  • To locate Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus
  • To locate Diphda in Cetus
  • TO LOCATE PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA (FIGURE 37)
  • TO LOCATE HERCULES FIGURE 38)
  • TO LOCATE OPHIUCHUS (FIGURE 40)
  • TO LOCATE SERPENS
  • TO LOCATE ANTARES IN SCORPIUS
  • TO LOCATE SAGITTARIUS
  • GENERAL SUMMARY OF PATHWAYS
  • PART 3. : LEGENDS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS
  • LEGEND OF ANDROMEDA.

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