The Star Atlas Companion What you need to know about the Constellations /
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 su...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Series: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | X, 486 p. 211 illus. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781461408307 |
