Whitney's Star Finder: A Field Guide to the HeavensKnopf, 1989 - 111 pagine On cover: A field guide to the heavens, with a Locater Wheel that enables you to identify every prominent star in the sky at any point in the world. Plus a newly designed pop-up sky. |
Sommario
WHAT IS THAT BRIGHT OBJECT? | 3 |
FINDING THE MOON | 9 |
OBSERVING THE PLANETS WITH BINOCULARS | 15 |
Copyright | |
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16 FPS Lens a.m. sky analemma appear atmosphere Big Dipper binoculars brighter brightest Capricornus celestial sphere clouds cluster colors comet constellation crescent diagram distance DOUBLE STARS Earth eastward equator equinox faint fainter Figure FPS Lens Opening full moon galaxy haloes heliacal rising horizon hour hand indicated interval July July 12 June Jupiter latitude light longitude Lyrae magnitude meteors MIDNIGHT SKY MORNING Milky minutes of arc month moon's orbit motion naked eye ND Filter 5.00 nebula Neptune night noon North Star Orion pair of binoculars Perseus planets Pole Pop-up sky position rising Saturn Scorpius seen Sept shadow Sirius SKY MORNING SKY small telescope solar eclipses solar system Southern Hemisphere star clock star finder wheel stars visible summer sun dogs sun moves sun's path sundial sunlight sunset and sunrise TABLE Total twelve o'clock mark twilight Uranus variable star watch zodiac