The Beginner's Guide to the Skies: A Month-by-Month Handbook for Stargazers and Planet Watchers

by Clarence H. Cleminshaw

Hardcover, 1977

Status

Available

Publication

New York, NY: Crowell (1977), 152 pages

Language

ISBN

0690012144 / 9780690012149

Barcode

10872

Contents

A Start on the Stars --
Exploring the Sky from the Big Dipper --
The Monthly Star Maps --
The Star Chart --
Meanings of Forty Star Names --
Stories of the Constellations --
Positions of the Planets --
The Retrograde Motions of the Planets --
The Apparent Sizes and Magnitudes of the Planets --
A Star's Daily Path Across the Sky --
The Sun's Daily Path Across the Sky --
Sun Time --
Daylight and Twilight --
The Phases of the Moon --
The Moon's Path in the Sky --
The Scale of Space --
A Constellation Quiz.
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