{"product_id":"2940013615687","title":"ASTRONOMY","description":"TO THE READER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the pages that follow, the author has endeavored to encourage the\u003cbr\u003estudy of the heavenly bodies by pointing out some of the interesting and\u003cbr\u003emarvelous phenomena of the universe that are visible with little or no\u003cbr\u003eassistance from optical instruments, and indicating means of becoming\u003cbr\u003eacquainted with the constellations and the planets. Knowing that an\u003cbr\u003eopera-glass is capable of revealing some of the most beautiful sights in\u003cbr\u003ethe starry dome, and believing that many persons would be glad to learn\u003cbr\u003ethe fact, he set to work with such an instrument and surveyed all the\u003cbr\u003econstellations visible in the latitude of New York, carefully noting\u003cbr\u003eeverything that it seemed might interest amateur star-gazers. All the\u003cbr\u003eobjects thus observed have not been included in this book, lest the\u003cbr\u003emultiplicity of details should deter or discourage the very readers for\u003cbr\u003ewhom it was specially written. On the other hand, there is nothing\u003cbr\u003edescribed as visible with an opera-glass or a field-glass which the\u003cbr\u003eauthor has not seen with an instrument of that description, and which\u003cbr\u003eany person possessing eye-sight of average quality and a competent glass\u003cbr\u003eshould not be able to discern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, in order to lend due interest to the subject, and place it before\u003cbr\u003ethe reader in a proper light and true perspective, many facts have been\u003cbr\u003estated concerning the objects described, the ascertainment of which has\u003cbr\u003erequired the aid of powerful telescopes, and to observers with such\u003cbr\u003einstruments is reserved the noble pleasure of confirming with their own\u003cbr\u003eeyes those wonderful discoveries which the looker with an opera-glass\u003cbr\u003ecan not hope to behold unless, happily, he should be spurred on to the\u003cbr\u003epossession of a telescope. Yet even to glimpse dimly these distant\u003cbr\u003ewonders, knowing what a closer view would reveal, is a source of no mean\u003cbr\u003esatisfaction, while the celestial phenomena that lie easily within reach\u003cbr\u003eof an opera-glass are sufficient to furnish delight and instruction for\u003cbr\u003emany an evening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt should be said that the division of the stars used in this book into\u003cbr\u003ethe \"Stars of Spring,\" \"Stars of Summer,\" \"Stars of Autumn,\" and \"Stars\u003cbr\u003eof Winter,\" is purely arbitrary, and intended only to indicate the\u003cbr\u003eseasons when certain constellations are best situated for observation or\u003cbr\u003emost conspicuous.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe greater part of the matter composing this volume appeared originally\u003cbr\u003ein a series of articles contributed by the author to \"The Popular\u003cbr\u003eScience Monthly\" in 1887-'88. The reception that those articles met with\u003cbr\u003eencouraged him to revise and enlarge them for publication in the more\u003cbr\u003epermanent form of a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                            G. P. S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  BROOKLYN, N. Y., _September, 1888._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                  PAGE\u003cbr\u003e  INTRODUCTION                                                       1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Popular interest in the phenomena of the heavens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The opera-glass as an instrument of observation for beginners\u003cbr\u003e        in star-study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Testing an opera-glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE STARS OF SPRING                                                7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Description of the Constellations_--Auriga, the Charioteer;\u003cbr\u003e        Berenice's Hair; Cancer, the Crab [the Manger]; Canis\u003cbr\u003e        Minor, the Lesser Dog; Corvus, the Crow; Crateris, the\u003cbr\u003e        Cup; Gemini, the Twins; Hydra, the Water-Serpent; Leo,\u003cbr\u003e        the Lion; Ursa Major, the Greater Bear [the Great Dipper];\u003cbr\u003e        Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear [the Pole-Star].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A circular index-map, maps on a larger scale, of the\u003cbr\u003e        constellations described, and pictures of remarkable\u003cbr\u003e        objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE STARS OF SUMMER                                               30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Description of the Constellations_--Aquila, the Eagle;\u003cbr\u003e        Boötes, the Herdsman, or Bear-Diver; Canes Venatici,\u003cbr\u003e        the Hunting-Dogs; Cygnus, the Swan [the Northern Cross];\u003cbr\u003e        Delphinus, the Dolphin; Draco, the Dragon; Hercules\u003cbr\u003e        [the Great Sun-Swarm, 13 M]; Libra, the Balance; Lyra,\u003cbr\u003e        the Harp; the Northern Crown; Ophiuchus et Serpens,\u003cbr\u003e        the Serpent-bearer and the Serpent; Sagitta, the Arrow;\u003cbr\u003e        Sagittarius, the Archer; Scorpio, the Scorpion;\u003cbr\u003e        Sobieski's Shield; Taurus Poniatowskii, Poniatowsky's\u003cbr\u003e        Bull; Virgo, the Virgin [the Field of the Nebulæ];\u003cbr\u003e        Vulpecula, the Little Fox.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    A circular index-map, maps, on a larger scale, of the\u003cbr\u003e        constellations described, and pictures of remarkable\u003cbr\u003e        objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE STARS OF AUTUMN","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082990239984,"sku":"2940013615687","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013615687_p0.jpg?v=1763583351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013615687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}