Stars of the southern skies
by M. A. Orr
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Excerpt from Stars of the Southern SkiesMy intention is to treat specially of stars and nebulae visible in southern countries, so I have confined myself almost entirely to those of the southern hemisphere, though of course many which are north of the celestial equator can be seen also. My readers will find that the southern hemisphere possesses the most beautiful part of the Milky Way, the two brightest stars in the sky, the finest coloured star-cluster and the largest globular cluster, the brightest double star, the nearest of the stars, and the brightest of the large gaseous nebulae. Let us ...
Chapters (115)
- STARS OF THE SOUTHERN SKIES
- THE GREEK LETTERS
- INTRODUCTION
- I THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: MODERN GROUPS
- II THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE SOUTH: ANCIENT GROUPS
- III THE TEN BRIGHTEST STARS OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
- IV STARS OF DIFFERENT AGES
- V SOME NEAR NEIGHBOURS
- VI DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS
- VII THE ASTONISHING STAR, ETA ARGŪS
- VIII MIRA, THE WONDERFUL STAR
- IX ECLIPSING STARS
- X SHORT-PERIOD VARIABLE STARS
- XI IRREGULAR AND DOUBTFUL VARIABLES
- XII STAR-CLUSTERS
- XIII GLOBULAR STAR-CLUSTERS
- XIV NEBULAE
- XV OTHER TYPES OF NEBULAE
- XVI THE CLOUDS OF MAGELLAN
- XVII THE MILKY WAY
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