Naked-Eye Astronomy
eBook - ePub

Naked-Eye Astronomy

Stars, the Sun, the Moon, Planets, and the Deep Sky

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Naked-Eye Astronomy

Stars, the Sun, the Moon, Planets, and the Deep Sky

About this book

In this textbook the author brings back some of the 'old' astronomy, but viewed through the imaginary lens of huge telescopes and orbiting observatories. He teaches us what we can see in the sky without any instrument at all - with the only pre-requisite of access to a dark sky. We learn about lunar / solar eclipses and how contemporary cultures and ancient ancestors around the world discovered the sky.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9783111441580
Topic
Physical Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Frontmatter
  5. Contents
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1 Introduction to your book
  8. 2 Your eyes
  9. 3 The atmosphere
  10. 4 The dome of your sky
  11. 5 Stars
  12. 6 Navigating your sky
  13. 7 The celestial sphere
  14. 8 Celestial coordinates and the precession of the Equinoxes
  15. 9 The Sun
  16. 10 Your year through the seasons
  17. 11 Seasonal insolation and daytime/nighttime
  18. 12 The Moon
  19. 13 From New Moon to Full Moon
  20. 14 Full Moon to New Moon
  21. 15 Further lunar cycles
  22. 16 Eclipses
  23. 17 Predicting eclipses
  24. 18 Planets
  25. 19 Your Solar System
  26. 20 Your naked-eye universe
  27. Afterword
  28. Appendices
  29. Glossary
  30. Index
  31. Index

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