The Lost Constellations A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore /

• Main Author: Barentine, John C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History of Science.

Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• What Is A Constellation?
• The Celestial Cartographers
• IAU Commission 3 and the 'Modern 88'
• The Lost Constellations
• Asterisms, Single-Sourced Constellations, and 'Re-branded' Figures
• Conclusion
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index.