Bibliograph

Night sky atlas, author, Robin Scagell ; consultant, Jacqueline Mitton

Type

Label

Night sky atlas, author, Robin Scagell ; consultant, Jacqueline Mitton

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Night sky atlas

Oclc number

152656517

Responsibility statement

author, Robin Scagell ; consultant, Jacqueline Mitton

Summary

Featuring up-to-the-minute discoveries and state-of-the-art space photography, this atlas illustrates all that science has revealed about constellations, the evolution of stars and galaxies, and the planets in the solar system. Acetate overlays highlight special points of interest to show even more about what we see in the night sky

Table Of Contents

Our place in space -- Looking at the night sky -- How to use this atlas -- North Polar sky -- South Polar sky -- Equatorial sky 1 -- Equatorial sky 2 -- Equatorial sky 3 -- Equatorial sky 4 -- January. Orion ; The lives of stars -- February. Canis Major ; Star types -- March. Carina ; Measuring stars -- April. Virgo ; Clouds in space -- May. Ursa Major ; The Milky Way -- June. Centaurus and Crux ; Galaxies -- July. Scorpius ; The Sun -- August. Sagittarius ; The Moon -- September. Cygnus ; Inner planets -- October. Andromeda ; Giant planets -- November. Perseus ; Small solar system worlds -- December. Taurus ; Looking at the universe -- Glossary

Target audience

juvenile

Classification