Books by Philip S. Harrington
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| Topics covered | Chapter notes | Recommended reading |
Topics covered
Basic terms and definitions, including:
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Sky motions
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Daily (diurnal) motion
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Annual motion
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Precession
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Magnitude
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Astronomical distances and sizes
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Celestial positioning
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Astronomical catalogs
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An explanation of things to come
Chapter 1 notes
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Page 9. The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is 17 billion billion miles (27.4 billion billion kilometers).
Recommended reading
Books
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Nightwatch; Dickinson, T.; Firefly Books, 1998; ISBN: 1552093026
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Sky Observer's Guide; Mayall, R., et al; St. Martin's Press, 2001; ISBN: 1582381550.
Web sites
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You tell it how fast you want to travel and this web site will tell you how
long it will take to get to different celestial objects.
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