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The starry room : [electronic resource] naked eye astronomy in the intimate universe / Fred Schaaf ; [illustrations, Doug Myers ; technical drawings, Guy Ottewell].

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley science editionsPublication details: New York : Wiley, c1988.Description: vi, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0471620882
  • 9780471620884
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523 19
LOC classification:
  • QB64 .S43 1988
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The secrets of seeing -- 2. Year of the mandala and monarch moon eclipses -- 3. The many suns of the daytime sky -- 4. 100 rainbows -- 5. A night at meteor cove -- 6. Flight -- 7. Go to Innisfree -- 8. All the worlds in my window -- 9. Making the indoor sky -- 10. The powers of vision -- 11. The next supernova -- 12. The end of the stars (not one child in ten) -- 13. The best and worst of returns -- 14. The fate and meaning of Halley's Comet -- 15. Walking to the stars.
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Bibliography: p. 257.

1. The secrets of seeing -- 2. Year of the mandala and monarch moon eclipses -- 3. The many suns of the daytime sky -- 4. 100 rainbows -- 5. A night at meteor cove -- 6. Flight -- 7. Go to Innisfree -- 8. All the worlds in my window -- 9. Making the indoor sky -- 10. The powers of vision -- 11. The next supernova -- 12. The end of the stars (not one child in ten) -- 13. The best and worst of returns -- 14. The fate and meaning of Halley's Comet -- 15. Walking to the stars.

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