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9780486425535

The Starry Room Naked Eye Astronomy in the Intimate Universe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486425535

  • ISBN10:

    0486425533

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-12-06
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

Inspiring, enriching essays describe the amazing features of the night sky, telling beginning star-gazers where to look for and how to find specific celestial objects with the naked eye. No particular knowledge of astronomy is needed to understand the book and most technical expressions are explained as they appear in the text. 5 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Dover Edition vii
Introduction 1(5)
The Secrets of Seeing
6(14)
Year of the Mandala and Monarch Moon Eclipses
20(22)
The Many Suns of the Daytime Sky
42(8)
100 Rainbows
50(20)
A Night at Meteor Cove
70(12)
Flight
82(24)
Go to Innisfree
106(30)
All the Worlds in My Window
136(20)
Making the Indoor Sky
156(9)
The Powers of Vision
165(27)
The Next Supernova
192(12)
The End of the Stars (Not One Child in Ten)
204(22)
The Best and Worst of Returns
226(10)
The Fate and Meaning of Halley's Comet
236(14)
Walking to the Stars
250(7)
Suggested Reading/Resource List 257(1)
Glossary 258(2)
Index 260

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