Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Popular Astronomy
ISBN-10
3319276182
ISBN-13
9783319276182
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 18th, 2016
Print length
222 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 15.70 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
History of scienceGalaxies & stars
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This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations. The 16 constellations found in this volume fall into one or more of three broad categories: asterims, such as the Big Dipper in Ursa Major;
This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations. That decision left out lesser known ones whose history is nevertheless interesting, but at last author John Barentine is giving them their due. This book is a companion to "The Lost Constellations", highlighting the more obscure configurations.
The 16 constellations found in this volume fall into one or more of three broad categories: asterims, such as the Big Dipper in Ursa Major; single-sourced constellations introduced on surviving charts by a cartographer perhaps currying the favor of sponsors; and re-brands, new figures meant to displace existing constellations, often for an ideological reason. All of them reveal something unique about the development of humanity''s map of the sky.
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