The Observer's Year: 366 Nights in the UniverseSpringer Science & Business Media, 2005. máj. 3. - 368 oldal For this new edition, the text has been brought fully up to date – and the period covered is from 2005 to 2010. Inevitably, this has meant that large sections of the book have been completely rewritten. Much has happened since the ?rst edition was published in 1998. Patrick Moore December 2004 v 00-OY2e_PRE(i-xvi).qxd 14/2/05 2:03 PM Page vii Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Phases of the Moon 2005–2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 March. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 April. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 August. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 September. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 November. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 December. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Appendix A: The 88 Constellations. . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Appendix B: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Appendix C: The Greek Alphabet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 vii 00-OY2e_PRE(i-xvi).qxd 14/2/05 2:03 PM Page ix Introduction It was once said that ‘the night sky always looks much the same’. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. There are 365 days in each year (366 in a Leap Year!), and from an astronomical point of view no two are alike. |
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Achernar Aldebaran Alpha Altair Andromeda Anniversary Antares Aquila Arcturus asteroid astronomer Auriga Australia Beta Betelgeux binary binoculars Boötes bright star brighter brightest star Canopus Capella CAPRICORNUS Cassiopeia Castor celestial equator Centaurus colour comet constellation Corona craters Cygnus declination Delta Deneb diameter dwarf Earth Eastern elongation eclipse Epsilon ERIDANUS fainter Fomalhaut Future Points Galaxy Gamma globular cluster Greek letter Name January Jupiter letter Name Magnitude light-years look lunar Magnitude Luminosity Sun=1 Mare Mars Mercury Messier meteor miles Moon naked eye naked-eye Name Magnitude Luminosity Nebula Neptune Northern Hemisphere object Observatory observers Occultation Occultation of Antares open cluster Ophiuchus orbital period Orion Pegasus Perseus planet Points of Interest pole Pollux Procyon Regulus Rigel Sagittarius satellite Saturn Scorpius seconds of arc seen Sirius small telescope Solar Southern aspect Spectrum Spica spiral Uranus Ursa Major variable star Vega Venus Virgo visible Zealand Zeta