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

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

Simpson, Phil

Paperback

Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

Publisher Price: $64.99

ISBN10: 1441969403
ISBN13: 9781441969408
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 15 2011
Pages: 863
Weight: 3.35
Height: 2.00 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

This handbook is a guide to exploring the classical night sky and its wonderful telescopic sights. All 88 officially recognized constellations are presented in natural groups which are related by their origin and location in the sky. Each group is explained by a fascinating story which tells what each constellation represents, how it appears in the sky, and why the other constellations of the group are close by, or related in some other manner. Some of these stories are classical myths which show how and why ancient cultures saw the constellations as related groups. Others are about more modern astronomers who sought recognition by filling in the gaps between the ancient constellations with inventions of their own. Both types of stories are crafted to make the constellation groups memorable, so that amateur astronomers can not only locate and recognize the constellations more easily, but also be able to pinpoint the celestial objects they contain more quickly.

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