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100 1 _aReddy, Francis.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCelestial Delights
_h[electronic resource] :
_bThe Best Astronomical Events Through 2020 /
_cby Francis Reddy.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXV, 423 p. 132 illus., 34 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aPatrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
_x1431-9756
505 0 _aPreface -- 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.
520 _aCelestial 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 observation – lunar phases and the brighter planets come first, with solar eclipses, the aurora, and comets coming later. This third edition also includes a hefty dose of sky lore, astronomical history, and clear overviews of current science. It provides a handy reference to upcoming naked-eye events, with information broken out in clear and simple diagrams and tables that are cross-referenced against a detailed almanac for each year covered. This book puts a variety of information all in one place, presents it in a friendly way that does not require prior in-depth astronomical knowledge, and provides the context and historical background for understanding events that astronomy software or web sites lack.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Astronomy.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461406099
830 0 _aPatrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
_x1431-9756
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0610-5
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