Guidebook to the Constellations Telescopic Sights, Tales, and Myths /

• Main Author: Simpson, Phil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

This handbook is a guide to exploring the night sky and its wonderful telescopic sights. All eighty-eight officially recognized constellations in both hemispheres are presented in natural groups, related by their origin and location. The author, a former astronomy instructor and planetarium director...

Table of Contents:

• How to Observe the Sky Using this Book
• The North Circumpolar Constellations
• The Andromeda Group
• The Orion Group
• The Hercules Group
• The Boötes Group
• The Corvus Group
• The Aquila Group
• The Argo Navis Group
• The Lyra Group
• The Gemini Group
• The Watery Part of the Sky
• Other Northern Constellations
• Modern Constellations Formed by Plancius
• Modern Constellations Formed by Plancius & Keyser
• Modern Constellations Formed by Hevelius
• Modern Constellations Formed by Lacaille
• Glossary of Terms
• Appendices
• Index.