John Chiravalle

eBook, PDF

Pattern Asterisms (eBook, PDF)

A New Way to Chart the Stars

Beschreibung

This book provides a valuable learning tool to facilitate identifying patterns and stars in the sky. It reflects a new aspect of astronomy that does not involve serious science - but makes it easy to learn about the night sky.

In most cases, the minimum equipment needed for observing these is just binoculars, or at most a low-power telescope. This catalog includes star pictures, dot-to-dot outlines of the objects (on a negative photograph for clarity), and an artistic image next to the star patterns. Size, stellar magnitudes, and coordinates are provided, along with north direction, star-hopping instructions and Sky Atlas 2000 references. With the help of this book, the imaginative observer will soon begin to develop a new insight into star patterns, and will start seeing patterns of their own.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
• ohne Kopierschutz
• Größe: 15.76MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

John Chiravalle, Safford, AZ, USA

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846284762
• Artikelnr.: 37347370

Rezensionen

"At the age of 14,"the author writes, "I became aware of the sky above me. The next day I announced, as a student in my seventh grade science class, that I had found constellation coffee pot. A brief burst of laughter ensued. I was politely told to take my seat." Nevertheless, "I still see the Orion asterism as a coffee pot."

This book is the result of Chiravalle's liftetime search for eye-catching asterisms, most of them visible in binoculars or a telescope. --Alan M. MacRobert, Sky & Telescope, November 2006, p. 80)