Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks

Cover......Page 1
Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks......Page 3
ISBN: 9781441916488......Page 4
Table of Contents\r......Page 6
Preface\r......Page 8
Acknowledgments\r......Page 11
How to use this book\r......Page 12
1 Come see the Milky Way......Page 15
Scorpius and Antares......Page 42
The Summer Triangle......Page 43
The North Galactic Pole......Page 46
Further reading......Page 47
2 Black hole Sun......Page 49
Orbiting spacecraft......Page 78
Further reading......Page 82
3 Tides on a cosmic shore......Page 83
Algol - the Demon Star......Page 113
Mira - the Wonderful Star......Page 116
Further reading......Page 117
4 Worlds of fire and ice......Page 119
Model Solar System......Page 155
Observing Jupiter\'s moons through binoculars......Page 158
Observing Saturn through binoculars......Page 159
Further reading......Page 160
5 Red rock planet......Page 161
Mars at opposition......Page 197
Martian surface......Page 198
Further reading......Page 200
6 Glaciers and Goldilocks: a tale of three planets......Page 201
Venus in evening and morning......Page 236
Transit of Venus......Page 238
Grinnell Glacier repeat photography, 1900-2007......Page 239
Further reading......Page 240
7 Autumn Moon......Page 241
Meteor showers......Page 280
Further reading......Page 284
8 Our cosmic connection......Page 285
Color and temperatures of stars......Page 325
Stellar evolution in a single night......Page 328
Further reading......Page 330
9 Worlds without number......Page 331
\'See\' an extrasolar planet......Page 366
Further reading......Page 370
10 Far away and long ago: the Universe before you......Page 371
See for yourself: powers of 10 through the Universe......Page 404
Further reading......Page 409
11 Starry sky national park......Page 411
The United States at night......Page 444
M33......Page 445
Shield your lights......Page 448
Further reading......Page 449
Index\r......Page 451