Astronomy Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide

Cover......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 9
PART ONE The Sky......Page 17
CHAPTER 1 Coordinating
the Heavens......Page 19
CHAPTER 2 Stars and
Constellations......Page 41
CHAPTER 3 The Sky “Down Under”......Page 69
CHAPTER 4 The Moon and the Sun......Page 103
Test: Part One......Page 129
PART TWO The Planets......Page 137
CHAPTER 5 Mercury and Venus......Page 139
CHAPTER 6 Mars......Page 163
CHAPTER 7 The Outer Planets......Page 187
CHAPTER 8 An Extraterrestrial Visitor’s Analysis of Earth CHAPTER 8......Page 211
Test: Part Two......Page 229
PART THREE Solar System Dynamics......Page 237
CHAPTER 9 Evolution of the Solar System......Page 239
CHAPTER 10 Major Moons of the Outer Planets......Page 257
CHAPTER 11 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors......Page 275
CHAPTER 12 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life......Page 299
Test: Part Three......Page 325
PART FOUR Beyond Our Solar System......Page 333
CHAPTER 13 Stars and Nebulae......Page 335
CHAPTER 14 Extreme Objects in Our Galaxy......Page 359
CHAPTER 15 Galaxies and Quasars......Page 379
CHAPTER 16 Special and General
Relativity......Page 397
Test: Part Four......Page 423
PART FIVE Space
Observation
and Travel......Page 431
CHAPTER 17 Optics
and Telescopes......Page 433
CHAPTER 18 Observing
the Invisible......Page 463
CHAPTER 19 Traveling and Living
in Space......Page 493
CHAPTER 20 Your Home
Observatory......Page 517
Test: Part Five......Page 549
Final Exam......Page 557
Answers to Quiz, Test, and Exam Questions......Page 575
Suggested Additional Reference......Page 583
INDEX......Page 585
Local Disk......Page 0
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