David Levy's Guide to the Night SkyIf, as Immanuel Kant once said, we are guided by the starry sky above and the moral law within, then, thanks to David Levy, we can now conceptualize Kant's adage at least half-way. David Levy's Guide to the Night Sky is designed to satisfy observers who have just become interested in the sky and want to navigate their way around it. By stirring the imagination and putting observation in a framework of personal adventure, Levy explains how to discover the Moon, planets, comets, meteors, and distant galaxies through a small telescope. Fully updated, the new edition includes: |
Contents
VI | 1 |
VII | 2 |
VIII | 4 |
X | 6 |
XI | 7 |
XIII | 9 |
XIV | 19 |
XV | 20 |
CXVI | 173 |
CXVII | 175 |
CXVIII | 176 |
CXIX | 177 |
CXX | 178 |
CXXI | 179 |
CXXII | 181 |
CXXIII | 184 |
XVI | 21 |
XVII | 26 |
XVIII | 27 |
XX | 28 |
XXI | 30 |
XXII | 31 |
XXIV | 33 |
XXV | 34 |
XXVI | 35 |
XXVII | 36 |
XXVIII | 37 |
XXIX | 38 |
XXX | 43 |
XXXI | 44 |
XXXII | 45 |
XXXIII | 47 |
XXXIV | 48 |
XXXV | 50 |
XXXVI | 51 |
XXXVII | 52 |
XXXVIII | 54 |
XLI | 55 |
XLIII | 57 |
XLIV | 58 |
XLV | 59 |
XLVI | 60 |
XLVII | 66 |
L | 67 |
LI | 68 |
LII | 70 |
LIII | 79 |
LIV | 82 |
LV | 84 |
LVI | 85 |
LVII | 86 |
LVIII | 87 |
LIX | 88 |
LX | 89 |
LXI | 90 |
LXII | 92 |
LXIII | 94 |
LXV | 99 |
LXVI | 101 |
LXVII | 102 |
LXVIII | 103 |
LXIX | 104 |
LXX | 106 |
LXXI | 107 |
LXXII | 108 |
LXXIII | 109 |
LXXIV | 112 |
LXXV | 116 |
LXXVI | 117 |
LXXVIII | 118 |
LXXIX | 119 |
LXXXI | 120 |
LXXXII | 122 |
LXXXIII | 123 |
LXXXIV | 124 |
LXXXV | 126 |
LXXXVI | 128 |
LXXXVII | 129 |
LXXXVIII | 130 |
LXXXIX | 133 |
XC | 134 |
XCI | 136 |
XCIII | 142 |
XCV | 143 |
XCVI | 145 |
XCVII | 146 |
XCVIII | 147 |
XCIX | 148 |
C | 150 |
CI | 151 |
CII | 153 |
CIII | 156 |
CIV | 158 |
CV | 159 |
CVI | 160 |
CVIII | 163 |
CIX | 165 |
CXI | 167 |
CXII | 168 |
CXIII | 169 |
CXIV | 170 |
CXV | 172 |
CXXIV | 185 |
CXXV | 186 |
CXXVI | 187 |
CXXVII | 188 |
CXXVIII | 189 |
CXXIX | 191 |
CXXX | 192 |
CXXXI | 193 |
CXXXII | 194 |
CXXXIII | 195 |
CXXXIV | 196 |
CXXXV | 199 |
CXXXVI | 200 |
CXXXVII | 201 |
CXXXVIII | 203 |
CXXXIX | 204 |
CXL | 209 |
CXLI | 215 |
CXLII | 216 |
CXLIII | 218 |
CXLIV | 219 |
CXLVI | 222 |
CXLVII | 225 |
CXLVIII | 228 |
CXLIX | 230 |
CL | 231 |
CLI | 232 |
CLII | 235 |
CLIII | 238 |
CLIV | 251 |
CLV | 255 |
CLVI | 257 |
CLVII | 259 |
CLIX | 260 |
CLXI | 262 |
CLXII | 263 |
CLXIII | 264 |
CLXVII | 265 |
CLXVIII | 266 |
CLXIX | 268 |
CLXX | 270 |
CLXXI | 271 |
CLXXII | 272 |
CLXXIV | 273 |
CLXXV | 274 |
CLXXVI | 275 |
CLXXVIII | 276 |
CLXXIX | 278 |
CLXXX | 279 |
CLXXXI | 280 |
CLXXXII | 282 |
CLXXXIII | 283 |
CLXXXIV | 284 |
CLXXXV | 286 |
CLXXXVI | 287 |
CLXXXVII | 288 |
CLXXXVIII | 289 |
CXC | 290 |
CXCI | 293 |
CXCII | 294 |
CXCIII | 295 |
CXCIV | 297 |
CXCVI | 302 |
CXCVII | 303 |
CXCIX | 304 |
CC | 305 |
CCI | 306 |
CCII | 307 |
CCIII | 311 |
CCIV | 316 |
CCV | 317 |
CCVI | 318 |
CCVII | 319 |
CCIX | 320 |
CCXI | 321 |
CCXIII | 322 |
CCXV | 323 |
CCXVIII | 324 |
CCXXII | 325 |
CCXXIII | 326 |
CCXXV | 327 |
CCXXVI | 328 |
CCXXVII | 329 |
CCXXIX | 332 |
Common terms and phrases
AAVSO amateur astronomer Andromeda appear areas asteroid astrometry astrophotography atmosphere belt binoculars bright stars brighter called camera Carolyn Shoemaker charts clouds Clyde Tombaugh cm reflector cm telescope color coma constellations corona crater dark sky deep sky objects discovered discovery disk distance double stars drawing Earth equatorial event exposure eyepiece faint fainter field of view Figure film filter globular cluster Herschel Janet Mattei Jupiter km/s known lens light look Mare Mars Messier meteors Milky minutes Montreal Centre Moon Moon's motion mount mountain move nearby Nebula night nova Observatory occultation open cluster optical orbit period Photo photograph planet planetary position record refractor right ascension rings rotation SAGITTARIUS satellite Saturn seen shadow shower small telescope spiral galaxy spot SS Cygni Sun's sunspot supernova surface tele telescope's Ursa variable star Venus visible watch