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Night has a thousand eyes : a naked-eye guide to the sky, its science, and lore
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"Filled with science and lore, with references to myths, legends, and "high" and popular culture, this "naked-eye" guide (no telescope required) demystifies the celestial in accessible, instructive...
"Filled with science and lore, with references to myths, legends, and "high" and popular culture, this "naked-eye" guide (no telescope required) demystifies the celestial in accessible, instructive, and entertaining prose." "If you want to know why werewolves only come out at night or how to find Betelgeuse, if you are curious about twilight, the seasons and their causes, our solar system, light and darkness, weather, stars and latitude, the moon, light pollution, and the planets, this is the book for you. Illustrated throughout with photographs, sky charts, and diagrams, Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the perfect resource for amateur astronomers and meteorologists of all ages - city, suburban, and country folk alike - who pause to enjoy sunsets and identify constellations on a starry night."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Arthur Upgren
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- Language
- English
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- New York : Plenum Trade, [1998]
- ©1998
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- ix, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0306457903, 9780306457906
- OCLC
- ocm38495046
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.
- 1. Getting Acquainted with the Changing Sky -- 2. In Praise of Twilight -- 3. The Big Dipper and the Constellations of the Northern Sky -- 4. The Summer Sky and the System of Stellar Magnitudes -- 5. The Summer Sky, Part 2 -- 6. The Stars of Autumn -- 7. The Stars of Winter -- 8. The Stars of Winter, Part 2 -- 9. The Stars of Spring -- 10. The Southern Stars -- 11. The Brightness of the Night Sky -- 12. The Downside of Light -- 13. The Moon -- 14. Chiaroscuro -- 15. The Planets -- 16. The Outer Limits -- 17. Calamity! -- 18. The Last Return -- 19. The Seasons -- 20. About Time -- 21. Ellipse -- 22. A Tale of Two Stars -- 23. What Ayla Saw -- 24. How Well Do We Know How Far They Really Are? -- 25. Motions, Then and Now -- 26. The Age of Aquarius -- 27. Stonehenge and a Tower in Rhode Island -- 28. New Life for Life on Other Worlds -- App. I. The Brightest Stars -- App. II. The Telescope -- App. III. Suggestions for Further Reading