Night sky atlas [book & CD]
Título
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Night sky atlas [book & CD]
Robin. Scagell
Resumen
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Featuring up-to-the-minute discoveries and state-of-the-art space photography, this atlas illustrates all that science has revealed about constellations, the evolution of stars and galaxies, and the planets in the solar system. Acetate overlays highlight special points of interest to show even more about what we see in the night sky.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2007
Descripción física
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96 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Edición
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CD-ROM ed.
Nota general
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"The universe mapped, explored, and revealed"--Cover.
"First published in the United States in 2004"--Title page verso.
Includes interactive night sky CD-ROM.
Includes index.
Contenido
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Our place in space -- Looking at the night sky -- How to use this atlas -- North Polar sky -- South Polar sky -- Equatorial sky 1 -- Equatorial sky 2 -- Equatorial sky 3 -- Equatorial sky 4 -- January. Orion ; The lives of stars -- February. Canis Major ; Star types -- March. Carina ; Measuring stars -- April. Virgo ; Clouds in space -- May. Ursa Major ; The Milky Way -- June. Centaurus and Crux ; Galaxies -- July. Scorpius ; The Sun -- August. Sagittarius ; The Moon -- September. Cygnus ; Inner planets -- October. Andromeda ; Giant planets -- November. Perseus ; Small solar system worlds -- December. Taurus ; Looking at the universe -- Glossary.
Término de la materia
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Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.
Astronomy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Síntesis
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Featuring up-to-the-minute discoveries and state-of-the-art space photography, this atlas illustrates all that science has revealed about constellations, the evolution of stars and galaxies, and the planets in the solar system. Acetate overlays highlight special points of interest to show even more about what we see in the night sky.
ISBN
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9780756628390
Información de publicación
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New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2007.
| Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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| Mee-Yah-Noh | 523 SCA | Book | 30149000141373 | Non-Fiction |