The ever-changing sky : a guide to the celestial sphere
The Ever-Changing Sky provides a comprehensive and uniquely non-mathematical guide to spherical astronomy. In a clear and lucid text, the reader is guided through co-ordinate systems, time measurement and celestial navigation, on to the stars and constellations, the motions and appearance of the Moon and planets, tides and eclipses, and the smaller bodies of the Solar System.
Print Book, English, 2002, ©1996
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002, ©1996
xix, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780521499187, 9780521380539, 0521499186, 0521380537
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Preface; 1. The Earth and the celestial sphere; 2. The moving Earth and the travelling observer; 3. The orbital motion of the Earth; 4. Stars and constellations; 5. Precession, nutation, and aberration; 6. Time; 7. Sunrise and sunset; 8. Positions in the sky and on Earth; 9. The Moon; 10. Tides, eclipses, and calendars; 11. The planets; 12. The small bodies of the solar system; 13. Light and atmosphere; Appendices: I. Graphs and tables; II. Star maps; III. Trigonometric relationships; IV. Bibliography; Index.