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Naked-Eye Astronomy
Stars, the Sun, the Moon, Planets, and the Deep Sky
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Thomas Hockey
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
In this textbook the author brings back some of the ‘old’ astronomy, but viewed through the imaginary lens of huge telescopes and orbiting observatories. He teaches us what we can see in the sky without any instrument at all - with the only pre-requisite of access to a dark sky. We learn about lunar / solar eclipses and how contemporary cultures and ancient ancestors around the world discovered the sky.
Author / Editor information
Thomas Hockey, University of Northern Iowa, USA.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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1 Introduction to your book
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2 Your eyes
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3 The atmosphere
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4 The dome of your sky
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5 Stars
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6 Navigating your sky
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7 The celestial sphere
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8 Celestial coordinates and the precession of the Equinoxes
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9 The Sun
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10 Your year through the seasons
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11 Seasonal insolation and daytime/nighttime
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12 The Moon
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13 From New Moon to Full Moon
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14 Full Moon to New Moon
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15 Further lunar cycles
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16 Eclipses
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17 Predicting eclipses
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18 Planets
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19 Your Solar System
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20 Your naked-eye universe
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Afterword
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I The most dependable of clocks
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II Selected heliacal star sets and rises
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III The constellations
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IV The Greek alphabets
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V Stars that rise and set at mid-northern latitudes
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VI Northern circumpolar stars
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VII Southern circumpolar stars
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VIII Zodiac constellations used in astrology
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IX Northern evening constellations by season
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X Year, month, and day lengths
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XI Properties of naked-eye planets, satellites, and asteroids
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XII Apparent magnitudes of the planets1
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XIII Selected annual meteor showers
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XIV Selected naked-eye optical double stars
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XV Naked-eye recurring novae
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XVI Selected naked-eye variable stars
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XVII Selected naked-eye open clusters
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XVIII Selected naked-eye globular clusters
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XIX Selected naked-eye nebulae
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XX Naked-eye galaxies
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Further reading
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Glossary
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Index
433
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
November 17, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111441245
Paperback published on:
November 17, 2025
Paperback ISBN:
9783111441184
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
12
Main content:
330
Illustrations:
8
Coloured Illustrations:
223
Audience(s) for this book
Students and teachers of Astronomy.
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