Book Description
Explore the amazing science behind constellations.
Author : Sara L. Latta
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 40,1 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1474749917
Explore the amazing science behind constellations.
Author : John Hudson Tiner
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1614583544
Discover how to find constellations like the Royal Family group or those near Orion the Hunter from season to season throughout the year How to use the Sea of Crises as your guidepost for further explorations on the moon's surface Investigate deep sky wonders, extra solar planets, and beyond as God's creation comes alive! Think you know all there is to know about our solar system? You might be surprised at some of the amazing details that you find when you begin Exploring the World of Astronomy! From the rugged surface of the moon to the distant and mysterious constellations, this book provides an exciting educational tour for students of different ages and skill levels. Learn about a blue moon, the 400-year storm on Jupiter, and what is meant by "the zone of life." Discussion ideas, questions, and research opportunities help expand this great resource on observational astronomy into an unforgettable educational course for middle school to high school students!
Author : Sara Lynn Latta
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1496656431
Explore the amazing science behind constellations.
Author : Kelsey Johnson
Publisher : Rockridge Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781638788348
Over thousands of years, stargazers have noticed shapes in the stars, also called constellations. Different cultures have seen mythical animals and heroes within these constellations, and many travelers have used the stars as a guide for their journeys. This book will show young astronomers how to read the night sky as they discover more than 20 unique constellations. From Canis Major to Cassiopeia, each constellation includes easy-to-check sky maps with bright illustrations and guidance on the direction and how high from the horizon you'll need to look. You'll also find step-by-steps on how to use other stars to guide the way, plus a look at the mythology behind each constellation.
Author : Patrick Moore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2000-10-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521793902
Patrick Moore's painstakingly researched, beautifully illustrated guide to astronomical observation for casual and serious observers.
Author : Terence Dickinson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,29 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 9780833522917
Winner of the 1987 New York Academy of Sciences Children's Science Book Award, Exploring the Night Sky is aimed at novice star gazers anxious to expand their astronomical repertorie beyond the Big and Little Dippers. Dickinson has designed a superb introduction to astonomy that is clear, concise, and very "user friendly" no matter what the child's age. 50 color photographs and illustrations.
Author : John C. Barentine
Publisher : Springer
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319227955
Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.
Author : Sinéad Gleeson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0358213355
The #1 Irish bestseller and winner of Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards, winner of the 2020 Dalkey Literary Awards, named Best Book of the Year by the Guardian, Observer, Image, Irish Times, New Statesman, and Irish Independent, Sinéad Gleeson’s essays chronicle—in crystalline, tender, powerful prose—life in a body as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood, and love of all kinds. "I have come to think of all the metal in my body as artificial stars, glistening beneath the skin, a constellation of old and new metal. A map, a tracing of connections and a guide to looking at things from different angles." We treat the body as an afterthought, until it no longer can be. Until the pain or the pleasure is too great. Sinéad Gleeson’s life has been marked by terrible illness, including leukemia and debilitating arthritis. As a child, she bathed in the springs of Lourdes, ever hopeful that her body would cooperate, ever looking forward to the day when she could take her body for granted. But just as she turns inward to explore her own pain, and then the marvel of recovery, and then the arrival of her greatest joys—falling in love, becoming a mother—she turns her gaze outward. She delves into history, art, literature, and music, plotting the intimate experience of life in a women’s body across a wide-ranging map. From Nick Cave to Taylor Swift, Botticelli to Frida Kahlo, Louisa May Alcott to Lucy Grealy, Constellations is an investigation into the different ways of seeing, both uniquely personal and universal in its resonances. In the tradition of some of our finest life writers, Gleeson explores—in her own spirited, generous voice—the fierceness of being alive. She has written “a book [that] every woman should read” (Eimear McBride).
Author : Jane P. Gardner
Publisher : Amazing Sights in the Sky
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781645275596
"Early fluent readers will explore the science behind stars and their patterns, as well as the history behind their mapping"--
Author : Walt K. Moon
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 2017-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512433470
Introduces the stars, describing how they appear in the night sky, form constellations, and make up galaxies.