PLANETARIUM & ASTRONOMICAL CAL

PLANETARIUM & ASTRONOMICAL CAL

Author: Tobias Ostrander

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781373487896

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The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator

The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator

Author: Tobias Ostrander

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-27

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780282084899

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Excerpt from The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator: Containing the Distances, Diameters, Periodical and Diurnal Revolutions of All the Planets in the Solar System, With the Diameters of Their Satellites, Their Distances From, and the Periods of Their Revolutions Around Their Respective Primaries The tables, (with the exception of two, ) nave wholl y calculated, and then duly compared them with those of Ferguson. Great care has also been taken. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Star Maps

Star Maps

Author: Nick Kanas

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 1461409179

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Until the publication of the first edition of 'Star Maps,' books were either general histories of astronomy using examples of antiquarian celestial maps as illustrations, or catalogs of celestial atlases that failed to trace the flow of sky map development over time. The second edition focuses on the development of contemporary views of the heavens and advances in map-making. It captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through images from antiquarian celestial prints and star atlases. This book uniquely combines a number of features: 1) the history of celestial cartography is traced from ancient to modern times; 2) this development is integrated with contemporary cosmological systems; 3) the artistry of sky maps is shown using beautiful color images from actual celestial atlases and prints; 4) each illustration is accompanied by a legend explaining what is being shown; and 5) the text is written for the lay reader based on the author's experience with writing articles for amateur astronomy and map collector magazines. This updated second edition of 'Star Maps' contains over 50 new pages of text and 44 new images (16 in color), including completely new sections on celestial frontispieces, deep-sky objects, playing card maps, additional cartographers, and modern computerized star maps. There is also expanded material about celestial globes, volvelles, telescopes, and planets and asteroids.