Guidebook to the Constellations Telescopic Sights, Tales, and Myths
This handbook is a guide to exploring the night sky and its wonderful telescopic sights. All eighty-eight officially recognized constellations in both hemispheres are presented in natural groups, related by their origin and location. The author, a former
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Guidebook to the Constellations
Phil Simpson
Phil Simpson Raspberry Hill Rd. 73 88317 Cloudcroft, New Mexico USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6940-8 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6941-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6941-5 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011928554 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Acknowledgements
I have heard that nobody writes a book alone, and it has certainly been the case with this book. I have to thank many people, without whom I could not have completed this book. First, the members of the Alamogordo Astronomy Club who, for years, listened to my Constellation of the Month presentations upon which this book is based. They paid close attention to each talk, asked thoughtful and pertinent questions, and made suggestions which led to improvements in the final content and format. Next, 13 people from literally around the world contributed astrophotographs and drawings of celestial objects which made the book possible. Each of these has a short biographical sketch and snapshot in Appendix F. Then, Lynn Rice, Co-owner of New Mexico Skies Guest Observatory and a former professional proofreader, who volunteered uncounted hours of her time to read every word of the book, correct my grammatical and typing mistakes, as well as make numerous suggestions for improved wording, changes in content and format which greatly improved the overall result. Finally, but in many ways the most important, my wife Patty, who patiently tolerated my daily retreat to my study, who took over many of the errands and tasks which I had previously done, protected my time from numerous business and social interruptions, listened to my complaints of difficulties, celebrated my little successes along the way, and unfailingly encouraged me to keep me striving until the end.
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Contents
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Chapter 1 How To Use This Book ........................................................................
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Chapter 2 Long Tails of Two Bears ....................................
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