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Author Staal, Julius D. W.

Title The new patterns in the sky : myths and legends of the stars / Julius D.W. Staal.

Publication Info. Blacksburg, Va. : McDonald and Woodward Pub. Co., 1988.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  523.8 STAAL    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J523.8 STA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Rev. ed. of: Patterns in the sky. 1961.
Includes index.
Summary Provides astronomical data on the constellations and relates myths and legends associated with each one.
Contents The stars of autumn. The stars of winter. The stars of spring. The stars of summer. Constellations around the celestial poles. Sun, moon, milky way and shooting stars. The Greek alphabet. The constellations in alphabetical order. Greek and Roman gods and godesses. Spectral classes of stars. Zeiss planetariums worldwide. The celestial coordinate system. Star maps.
Subject Stars -- Juvenile literature.
Stars -- Mythology -- Juvenile literature.
Stars -- Folklore.
Constellations -- Juvenile literature.
Stars.
Constellations.
Added Author Staal, Julius D. W. Patterns in the sky.
ISBN 0939923041: $14.95
9780939923045
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