A Field Book of the Stars (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

William Tyler Olcott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330354680 ISBN 13 : 9781330354681

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the night sky this season with a practical, plate‑based guide to the constellations.

This field book guides beginners through seasonal groups of constellations, using large plates that show the heavens at a designated time. It offers step‑by‑step methods to identify patterns, locate stars, and connect one constellation to the next. The text emphasizes that each season forms its own self‑contained study, with diagrams designed to help you build a clear map of the sky.

You’ll learn to:

• read simple star diagrams and use plates to orient yourself at 9 p.m. in each season


• trace lines from well‑known stars to find nearby constellations


• identify planets by their brightness and position relative to the stars


• understand how the same sky changes with time across spring, summer, autumn, and winter

Ideal for readers who want a hands‑on, guided approach to stargazing, with practical tips that help you move from recognizing a few bright stars to navigating the whole sky across the year.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from A Field Book of the Stars

Considering the ease with which a knowledge of the constellations can be acquired, it seems a remarkable fact that so few are conversant with these time-honored configurations of the heavens. Aside from a knowledge of "the Dipper" and "the Pleiades," the constellations to the vast majority, are utterly unknown.

To facilitate and popularize if possible this fascinating recreation of star-gazing the author has designed this field-book. It is limited in scope solely to that purpose, and all matter of a technical or theoretical nature has been omitted.

The endeavor has been to include in these pages only such matter as the reader can observe with the naked eye, or an opera-glass. Simplicity and brevity have been aimed at, the main idea being that whatever is bulky or verbose is a hindrance rather than a help when actually engaged in the observation of the heavens.

The constellations embraced in this manual are only those visible from the average latitude of the New England and Middle States, and owe their place in the particular season in which they are found to the fact that in that season they are favorably situated for observation.

With this brief explanatory note of the purpose and design of the book, the author proceeds to outline the scheme of study.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330354680
• ISBN 13: 9781330354681
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
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