An Australian Geographic Guide to Space Watching
Author: Robert Burnham
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781862760332
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Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781862760332
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Munya Andrews
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781876756451
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The seven sisters of the Pleiades are known throughout the world and appear again and again in stories from many cultures. Beginning with her grandmother's tale, Munya Andrews takes the reader to the stars, around and across the planet through Indigenous North America, Australia, Japan and the Pacific, and back through time to Ancient Egypt, India, Greece and South America. She explores the commonalities of legends to discover our common human origins. The Subaru from Japan share much with the young women depicted as birds in the stories from Greece and Indigenous Australia. The Pleiades have been the source of much mythology, wisdom and science over many millennia. The book is also an examination of culture and how culture is expressed through symbols and stories related to stars and other astronomical phenomena. Her work is distinguished from other studies in the field because she brings to it an Indigenous perspective which enriches its interpretative power. No other writer has captured the richness of this mysterious constellation.
Author: Andrew Fazekas
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1426220154
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Volume packed full of information that illuminates key astronomical concepts along side the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets.
Author: H. Rhodes
Publisher: Pascal Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781741250084
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David A. Aguilar
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1426309481
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A tour of outer space explores the solar system as well as stars, galaxies, and the birth of planets, and speculates on whether other intelligent beings exist in the universe.
Author: Lisa Harvey-Smith
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Published: 2018-07-30
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0522873200
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 2018, Lisa Harvey-Smith was appointed as the inaugural Australian Women in STEM Ambassador by the Australian Federal Government. Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye?* How much hotter are blue stars than red ones?** Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ancestors. Away from city lights, we can see what generations of people before us have wondered at and weaved stories around. But all that will change. The Andromeda Galaxy is rushing towards us at 400,000 kilometres an hour. When Galaxies Collide will guide you to look at the night sky afresh. It peers 5.86 billion years into the future to consider the fate of Earth and its inhabitants. Will the solution be to live in space without a planet to call home? Will one of the other 100 billion planets spawn life? Learn how to watch this space. * 9,000, but only half of that from any given point on Earth. ** 38,000 degrees vs 3,000.
Author: Will Gater
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Published: 2020-11-05
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0241632382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discover the wonders of the Universe with this complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky. This practical guide explains and demystifies stargazing, teaching you to recognize different kinds of objects and showing you how they move through the sky over the course of the night and the year. It shows you how to understand and enjoy the cosmos, building your practical astronomy skills from the basics to more advanced techniques. Beginning with an explanation of the Universe itself - how big is it, what shape is it, how old is it, and will it end? - it then takes you on a tour around the night sky, building up your knowledge in simple stages. Practical advice begins with naked-eye observations, then illustrated step-by-step instructions show you how to set up and use binoculars and telescopes, and how to take your own pictures of the night sky. It also lets you take a closer look at the different objects you can view in the night sky, telling you how to train your eye to recognize basic patterns of stars (constellations) and how to tell planets apart from other celestial bodies, showing you how to observe them in an innovative step-by-step way. An atlas of the night sky is also included, with charts that can be used in both the northern and southern hemispheres throughout the year. Accessible, inspirational, and authoritative, Stargazing for Beginners will enthuse and inform anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of the night sky.
Author: Vincent Francis Callahan
Publisher:
Published: 1959
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Isa Australia Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 870
ISBN-13: 9780958723909
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