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Photo-guide to the Constellations

A Self-Teaching Guide to Finding Your Way Around the Heavens

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Chris Kitchin

    1. University of Hertfordshire, University Observatory, Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, UK

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  • Photographs illustrating the night sky as it looks from various locations, from city outskirts to the almost perfect skies deep in the countryside
  • Quickly learn to find your way round the night sky

Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Chris Kitchin
    Pages 1-7

  3. Finding the Constellations

    • Chris Kitchin
    Pages 9-78

  4. The Individual Constellations

    • Chris Kitchin
    Pages 79-114

  5. The Sky throughout the Year

    • Chris Kitchin
    Pages 115-132

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 133-149
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About this book

"l hope that people all around the world never forget what a wonderful thing it is to lie on your back and look up at the stars" Pete Seeger What is the fascination that constellations hold for people? There are probably as many different answers to that question as there are people. For many, though, the constella­ tions are the stepping-off point into the fabulous, mind-bending discoveries and concepts of modern astronomy. For others it is their long and intriguing history that beckons. For some people the constellations provide the means for navigation and orientation over the surface of the Earth, and of course there are the millions who place some faith in horo­ scopes. But for most people the patterns in the sky are a beautiful part of their environ­ ment to be treasured alongside the forests, fields and rivers that make life worth living. However just as we are losing our green environment to pollution, so we are losing our sky. The glow from cities across the world swamps the stars in the night sky. Astronomers have had to retreat to remote mountain tops to escape that light pollution. The rest of us must make do with what is available. From the centre of a city, or any other brightly lit area, probably no stars at all will be visible even on the clearest of nights. From the suburbs, the brighter stars should normally be seen.

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FROM THE REVIEWS:

IRISH ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
"This addition to the Practical Astronomy Series serves as an excellent source of reference for the amateur astronomer…the result is a very practical book which will serve the beginner very well.”

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Hertfordshire, University Observatory, Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire, UK

    Chris Kitchin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Photo-guide to the Constellations

  • Book Subtitle: A Self-Teaching Guide to Finding Your Way Around the Heavens

  • Authors: Chris Kitchin

  • Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0611-1

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-76203-4Published: 17 November 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0611-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-9756

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 149

  • Number of Illustrations: 441 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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