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Author Cleminshaw, Clarence H. (Clarence Higbee), 1902-

Title The beginner's guide to the skies : a month-by-month handbook for stargazers and planet watchers / by Clarence H. Cleminshaw.

Publication Info. New York : Crowell, [1977]
©1977

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  523    Check Shelf
Description 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents A Start on the Stars -- Exploring the Sky from the Big Dipper -- The Monthly Star Maps -- The Star Chart -- Meanings of Forty Star Names -- Stories of the Constellations -- Positions of the Planets -- The Retrograde Motions of the Planets -- The Apparent Sizes and Magnitudes of the Planets -- A Star's Daily Path Across the Sky -- The Sun's Daily Path Across the Sky -- Sun Time -- Daylight and Twilight -- The Phases of the Moon -- The Moon's Path in the Sky -- The Scale of Space.
Subject Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.
Other Form: Online version: Cleminshaw, Clarence H. (Clarence Higbee), 1902- Beginner's guide to the skies. New York : Crowell, c1977 (OCoLC)568557988
ISBN 0690012144
9780690012149
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