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" The brightest stars : "
Fred Schaaf.
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BL
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1036131
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b790501
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Schaaf, Fred.
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The brightest stars : : discovering the universe through the sky's most brilliant stars /\ Fred Schaaf.
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Hoboken, N.J. :: John Wiley,, ©2008.
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v, 281 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0471704105
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: 9780471704102
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.
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pt. 1. Stars in the sky -- How bright is bright? -- Meet the 1st-magnitude stars -- The locations, yearly motions, and names of the stars -- Seeing stars better (skies, eyes, and telescopes) -- pt. 2. Stars in the universe -- Parts, structure, distances, and motions in the universe -- The varieties of the stars -- The lives and deaths of the stars -- pt. 3. Profiles of the brightest stars -- Sirius -- Canopus -- Alpha Centauri -- Arcturus -- Vega -- Capella -- Rigel -- Procyon -- Achernar -- Betelgeuse -- Beta Centauri -- Alpha Crucis -- Altair -- Aldebaran -- Spica -- Antares -- Pollux -- Fomalhaut -- Beta Crucis -- Deneb -- Regulus -- Appendix A : The brightest stars: position, spectral type, apparent and absolute magnitude, and distance -- Appendix B : The brightest stars: spectral type, color index, color, and surface temperature -- Appendix C : Midnight and 9:00 pm. Culminations, season of prime evening visibility -- Appendix D : Diameters and masses of the brightest stars -- Appendix E : Motions of the brightest stars -- Appendix F : The 200 brightest stars.
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Introduces the twenty-one brightest stars that can be seen from Earth, describing their physical properties, the constellations they are found in, and the lore and legends that have been told about them from ancient history up to the present.
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Astronomy, Amateurs' manuals.
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Stars, Amateurs' manuals.
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Stars-- Luminosity function, Amateurs' manuals.
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Astronomy.
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Leuchtkraft
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Stars-- Luminosity function.
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Stars.
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523.8
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QB815.S33 2008
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