Overview
- Summarizes the history of the major discarded Western constellation of which a written record remains
- Extensively illustrated with figures drawn from classic works of celestial cartography from the 17th-19th centuries
- Allows star gazers to pick out constellations from distant times in today's night sky
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Popular Astronomy (POPULAR)
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Toward the Modern Night Sky
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The Lost Constellations
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Previously, he was at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, where he was a staff scientist working on the Astrophysical Research Consortium 3.5-meter telescope and as an Observer for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. For that work, John was honored in 2007 by the International Astronomical Union, which named the asteroid (14505) Barentine his honor. Now, he is the Program Manager for the International Dark-Sky Association. This work brings him into frequent contact with journalists and includes writing press releases. In 2006, he wrote a press release for an archaeoastronomy poster presented at a meeting of the AAS that went viral and resulted in worldwide media coverage as the “Barentine petroglyph”. In addition to John’s professional work, he writes an astronomy blog on Tumblr (strictlyastronomy.tumblr.com) and maintains an active presence on Twitter.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Lost Constellations
Book Subtitle: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore
Authors: John C. Barentine
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22795-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22794-8Published: 23 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22795-5Published: 23 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 506
Number of Illustrations: 257 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History of Science