Patrick Moore's observer's year : 366 nights of the universe 2015-2020 /: 366 nights of the universe 2015-2020. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Observer's year
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Mike Inglis.
• Authors: Moore, Patrick
• Editors: Inglis, Mike, 1954-
• Contents: Foreword; Introduction to Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Contents; The Observer'sYear366 Nights of theUniverse; Phases of the Moon: 2015-2020; Acknowledgements; January; January 1; The January Sky; January 2; The Two Most Famous Constellations; January 3; The Poles of the Sky; January 4; The Quadrantid Meteors; January 5; The Horse and his Rider3; January 6; The Faintest Star in the Plough; January 7; The Little Bear-and the Guardians of the Pole; January 8; The Legend of the Bears; January 9; Lunokhod 2 on the Moon; January 10; Colors of the Stars; January 11. Phases of the Inferior Planets January 12; Orion, the Hunter; January 13; Orion as a Guide; January 14; The Legend of Orion; January 15; Betelgeux; January 16; Rigel; January 17; Comets; January 18; Hare in the Sky; January 19; The Dove, the Graving Tool and Declination; January 20; The Belt and the Sword; January 21; Features of the Moon; January 22; Right Ascension; January 23; Clusters in Cassiopeia; January 24; Variable Stars in Cassiopeia; January 25; Tycho's Star; January 26; Northern and Southern Lights; January 27; King Cepheus; January 28; Variable Stars in Cepheus. January 29The Celestial Lizard; January 30; Introduction to Eridanus; January 31; Lunar History; February; February 1; The February Sky; February 2; Oppositions of the Planets; February 3; Touchdown in the Ocean of Storms; February 4; Gemini; February 5; Fra Mauro; February 6; The Non-Identical Twins; February 7; William Huggins and his Spectroscopes; February 8; The Castor Family; February 9; Variable Stars in the Twins; February 10; Messier's Catalogue-and M35; February 11; The Eskimo Nebula; February 12; Messengers to Venus; February 13; Introducing the Milky Way. February 14The Solar Cycle-and Solar Max; February 15; Lunar Insects?; February 16; Touchdown on Eros; February 17; Missions to the Sea of Crises; February 18; Twinkling Stars; February 19; De Revolutionibus; February 20; The Great Dog; February 21; The Celestial Pup; February 22; The Sun's Surroundings; February 23; Messier 41; February 24; Supernovæ; February 25; Fritz Zwicky and his Supernovæ; February 26; Procyon and the Little Dog; February 27; The Little Snake; February 28; An Equatorial Star; February 29; Leap Years; March; March 1; The March Sky; March 2. The Celestial Crab March 3; Back to the Moon; March 4; The Seas of the Moon; March 5; The Beehive; March 6; Binoculars and the Sky; March 7; X Cancri; March 8; 'The Solitary One'; March 9; The Watersnake; March 10; The Giraffe and the Southern Pointers; March 11; The Planet-Hunter; March 12; Star Magnitudes; March 13; Solar System Anniversaries; March 14; The Greatest Globular Cluster; March 15; Choosing a Telescope; March 16; Procyon; March 17; The Owl Nebula; March 18; Space-Walking; March 19; XI Ursæ Majoris: The First Computed Binary; March 20; The Equinox; March 21.
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 523; Popular works; Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Astronomy; Astronomy, space & time; Astronomy; Popular astronomy & space; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319186788; 3319186787; 3319186779; 9783319186771
• Related ISBNs: 9783319186771
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 9, 2015).
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