Bibliograph

The brightest stars, discovering the universe through the sky's most brilliant stars, Fred Schaaf

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The brightest stars, discovering the universe through the sky's most brilliant stars, Fred Schaaf

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The brightest stars

Nature of contents

bibliographyhandbooks

Oclc number

180753409

Responsibility statement

Fred Schaaf

Sub title

discovering the universe through the sky's most brilliant stars

Summary

Introduces the twenty-one brightest stars that can be seen from Earth, describing their physical properties, the constellations they are found in, and the lore and legends that have been told about them from ancient history up to the present

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Stars in the sky -- How bright is bright? -- Meet the 1st-magnitude stars -- The locations, yearly motions, and names of the stars -- Seeing stars better (skies, eyes, and telescopes) -- pt. 2. Stars in the universe -- Parts, structure, distances, and motions in the universe -- The varieties of the stars -- The lives and deaths of the stars -- pt. 3. Profiles of the brightest stars -- Sirius -- Canopus -- Alpha Centauri -- Arcturus -- Vega -- Capella -- Rigel -- Procyon -- Achernar -- Betelgeuse -- Beta Centauri -- Alpha Crucis -- Altair -- Aldebaran -- Spica -- Antares -- Pollux -- Fomalhaut -- Beta Crucis -- Deneb -- Regulus -- Appendix A : The brightest stars: position, spectral type, apparent and absolute magnitude, and distance -- Appendix B : The brightest stars: spectral type, color index, color, and surface temperature -- Appendix C : Midnight and 9:00 pm. Culminations, season of prime evening visibility -- Appendix D : Diameters and masses of the brightest stars -- Appendix E : Motions of the brightest stars -- Appendix F : The 200 brightest stars

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