ENGLISH

The Southern Sky Guide, 3rd Edition

By Wil Tirion , David Ellyard

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521714052, 9780521714051, 9780511478581
Google Books ID
5Gn0ivM4EK0C
Open Library ID
OL10437119M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6138559 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
104\106
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Both novice and advanced skywatchers will value this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Readers are introduced to the many and varied objects in the sky and their movements and changing appearances, as well as the ancient myths and legends entwined around the groupings of stars. Featured in this book are two groups of sky charts, designed so that readers can move easily between them. The 24 skyviews show the appearance of the whole night sky every two weeks (or at each hour of sidereal time). The 20 sky charts show particular areas of the night sky in detail and are accompanied by explanatory text. This new edition also features: • digitally re-drawn skyviews, sky charts and map of the surface of the Moon • a table of planet positions up to 2017

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