Celestial Delights The Best Astronomical Events Through 2020 /

Celestial Delights is the essential 'TV Guide' for the sky. Through extensive graphics integrated with an eight-year-long calendar of sky events, it provides a look at "don't miss" sky events, mostly for naked-eye and binocular observing. It is organized by ease of observati...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Reddy, Francis (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Σειρά:Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: The Meaning of the Sky
  • Chapter 2: Moon Dance
  • Chapter 3: Morning Stars, Evening Stars - Venus and Mercury
  • Chapter 4: Eclipses of the Sun and Moon
  • Chapter 5: Mars - the Red Wanderer
  • Chapter 6: Distant Giants - Jupiter and Saturn
  • Chapter 7: Introduction to the Starry Sky
  • Chapter 8: Meteors and Meteor Showers
  • Chapter 9: Unpredictable Events
  • Appendix A: Timetable of Celestial Events through 2020
  • Appendix B: Phases of the Moon, 2011 - 2020
  • Appendix C: Greatest Elongations of Mercury and Venus, 2011 - 2020
  • Appendix D: Oppositions of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, 2011 - 2020
  • Glossary
  • Index.