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Contents (page 4 - 5) Introduction 6 How To Use This Book 8 1. Observing the Heavens 10 Stargazing 12 Realm of the Big Eyes 14 Photographing the Heavens 16 Radio and Space Telescopes 18 The Hubble Space Telescope 20 2. Looking at Stars 22 Distant Suns 24 The Message in Starlight 26 Clouds Among the Stars 28 Star Birth 30 Star Death 32 Star Groups and Clusters 34 The Milky Way 36 Our Galactic Neighbors 38 Galaxies Galore 40 Hyperactive Galaxies 42 Galaxies and the Universe 44 3. Patterns in the Sky 46 The Constellations 48 Signposts to the Stars 50 The Celestial Sphere 52 Changing Skies 54 Northern Hemisphere, Winter 56 Northern Hemisphere, Summer 58 Southern Hemisphere, Winter 60 Southern Hemisphere, Summer 62 4. The Skies Month By Month 64 The Monthly Maps 66 North Polar Stars 68 Cassiopeia 70 South Polar Stars 72 Centaurus/Crux 74 January Skies 76 Orion 78 February Skies 80 March Skies 82 Ursa Major 84 April Skies 86 May Skies 88 Virgo 90 June Skies 92 Scorpius 94 July Skies 96 Sagittarius 98 August Skies 100 Cygnus 102 September Skies 104 October Skies 106 Andromeda 108 November Skies 110 December Skies 112 Taurus 114 5. Sun and Moon 116 Daytime Star 118 Observing Solar Eclipses 120 Queen of the Night 122 Moon Movements 124 Lunar Landscapes 126 Northwest Quadrant 128 Southwest Quadrant 130 Northeast Quadrant 132 Southeast Quadrant 134 6. The Sun's Family 136 The Solar System 138 Observing the Planets 140 The Scorching Planets 142 The Red Planet 144 The Giant Planets 146 Far Distant Worlds 148 Many Moons 150 Meteors and Comets 152 The Asteroids 154 Glossary 156 Index 158 Credits 160
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Stars -- Observers' manuals.
Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals.