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Title:
Wonders of the night sky you must see before you die : the guide to extraordinary curiosities of our universe
ISBN:
9781624144929
Physical Description:
224 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Magnificent Saturn -- Moon-planet / Planet-planet conjunction -- Three-planet conjunction -- Summer Milky Way -- Winter Milky Way -- Andromeda Galaxy -- Ursa Major the Great Bear -- Total lunar eclipse -- Total solar eclipse -- Awesome aurora -- Southern Cross -- Alpha Centauri -- Orion Nebula -- Carina Nebula -- Pleiades in binoculars -- Moon occultation -- Moon dogs -- Distorted moons -- Light pillars -- Bright meteor shower -- Jupiter's Galilean moons -- Jupiter's great red spot -- Mars's polar caps -- Eight planets in one night -- International Space Station -- Iridium flare -- Vesta, brightest asteroid -- Zodiacal light -- Best double stars -- Ring Nebula -- Perseus double cluster -- Great globular in Hercules -- Slender moons -- Supermoons -- Luna's "dark" side -- Uranus and Neptune -- Crescent Venus -- Cygnus Star Cloud -- Magellanic Clouds -- Magical Mira -- Bright comet -- Airglow -- Earth-grazing meteor -- Sparkling Sirius -- Supernova -- Nova -- All of those other satellites -- Stars on water -- Crab Nebula -- Barnard's Star -- Eta Aquilae, heartbeat star -- Reddest star -- Mercury transit -- Orion's Belt -- Ursa Major moving cluster -- Top 10 lunar wonders -- Galactic duo, M81 and M82.
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Summary:
Take your night watching to the next level with Bob King's bucket list collection of 57 remarkable night sky wonders and dark sky destinations. Fill your nights with adventure and the ability to see some of the incredible phenomenon of the sky with this must-have book. Learn all about the brightest and best stars, planets, meteors, comets and constellations using the naked eye, binoculars, telescopes and apps. --
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