Starfinder : the complete beginner's guide to the night sky
Stott, Carole2013
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Place reservation for Starfinder : the complete beginner's guide to the night skyBeginner's guide to navigating the night sky, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies & major constellations are now within reach with this book. Students can stargaze through the year using the month-by-month guide to the night sky & removable planisphere.
Main title:
Starfinder : the complete beginner's guide to the night sky / by Carole Stott and Giles Sparrow
Imprint:
New York Dorling Kindersley 2013
Collation:
128 p. colour illustrations maps + 1 planisphere circular map in pocket at front
Audience:
Upper primarySecondary
Contents:
Finding your way: Looking into space -- The starry sphere -- The changing sky -- A piece of sky -- Your view of the Solar System -- The Milky Way and beyond -- Getting started -- Star hopping -- The Solar System: What's in the Solar System? -- The Sun -- The Moon -- Observing the moon -- Mercury and Venus -- Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus, Neptune, and the dwarf planets -- Comets, meteors, and asteroids -- Mapping the sky: Ursa, Minor, Draco, Cepheus, Cassiopeia -- Camelopardalis, Auriga, Lynx, Ursa Major -- Canes Venatici, Bootes, Hercules, Lyra -- Cygnus, Andromeda, Lacerta, Triangulum, Perseus -- Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer --Leo Minor, Coma Berenices, Leo, Virgo, Libra -- Corona Borealis, Serpens, Ophiuchus, Scutum -- Sagitta, Aquila, Vulpecula, Delphinus, Equuleus, Pegasus -- Aquarius, Pisces, Cetus, Orion -- Canis Major, Canis Minor, Monoceros, Hydra, Antila -- Sextans, Crater, Corvus, Centaurus, Lupus -- Sagittarius, Scorpius, Capricornis, Microscopium, Piscis Austrinus -- Sculptor, Formax, Caelum, Eridanus, Lepus -- Columba, Pyxis, Puppis, Vela, Carina -- Crux, Musca, Circinus, Norma, Triangulum Australe -- Ara, Corona Australis, Telescopium, Indus, Grus -- Phoenix, Tucana, Hydrus, Horologium, Reticulum -- Pictor, Dorado, Volans, Mensa -- Chamaeleon, Apus, Pavo, Octans -- Monthly sky guide: January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December.
ISBN:
9781740339445 (hbk)
Dewey class:
523.8 STA
Local class:
523.8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
32132
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 523.8 STA | hbkAvailable |
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