| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 486 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Springer- Praxis books in popular astronomy |
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Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Making sense of the data -- The Constellations |
| Summary |
The Star Atlas Companion is the ideal companion to any star atlas, as it is the first book to provide a true perspective on the characteristics and distances of over 1,100 stars and their movement through space. With the aid of scale diagrams, the reader can grasp difficult-to-understand concepts such as how far apart stars really are, their relative sizes, how fast they spin and their shapes, and how the constellation patterns change over time. This book: - describes many stars visible to the naked eye in both the northern and southern hemispheres; - explains binary and multiple star systems in detail; - gives the properties of many open clusters; - enables a true appreciation of the scale of our galactic neighborhood |
| Analysis |
Physics |
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Astronomy |
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Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
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Popular Science in Astronomy |
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astronomie |
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fysica |
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Astronomie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Constellations -- Atlases
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Stars -- Atlases.
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astronomical charts.
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Constellations
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Stars
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| Genre/Form |
atlases.
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Atlases
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Scientific atlases
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Atlases.
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Atlas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461408307 |
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146140830X |
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