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100 1 _aVamplew, Anton.
245 1 0 _aSimple stargazing :
_ba first-time skywatcher's guide /
_cAnton Vamplew.
250 _a1st U.S. ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bCollins,
_c2006.
300 _a160 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), color portrait ;
_c26 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _aOriginally published: London : Collins, 2005.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
520 _aA beginner's guide to stargazing offers a look at what can be discovered in the night sky with the naked eye.
505 0 _aGetting started: Brief history -- Constellations -- Adventures in darkness -- Travels into the darkness -- How big is the darkness -- How to use star charts -- Bright or dim? -- Stars -- Starry objects -- Northern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Southern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Sun, moon, and planets: Moon -- Eclipses -- Planets -- Planets and days -- Milky way -- Watching satellites and the ISS -- Comets -- Shooting stars -- Final view of -- Everything -- Astroglossary -- Going further -- Index.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aStars.
650 0 _aConstellations.
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