A walk through the heavens : a guide to stars and constellations and their legends

A walk through the heavens A guide to stars and constellations and their legends

Milton D. Heifetz, 1921-

Book - 1996

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Subjects
Stars > Observers' manuals.
Constellations > Observers' manuals.
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press c1996.
Language
English
Main Author
Milton D. Heifetz, 1921- (-)
Other Authors
Wil Tirion (-)
Physical Description
72 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780521469807
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Measuring Distances in the Sky: The brightness of stars
  • Life in the Heavens
  • Instructions for the use of the atlas
  • Four seasonal star maps
  • Part II. A Walk Through The Heavens
  • 1. Starting from the Big Dipper
  • 2. Starting from Orion
  • Part III. Legends of the Heavens
  • Part IV. Circumpolar Constellations: Brightness test
  • Binocular sights
  • List of constellations
  • Index

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