Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- I The Vault of Heaven
- II A Preliminary Journey through Space and Time
- III The Sun's Family
- IV Weighing and Measuring the Stars
- V The Variety of the Stars
- VI The Milky Way
- VII Out in the Depths of Space
- VIII The Great Universe
- Appendices
- I Guide to the Sky
- II The Twenty Apparently Brightest Stars
- III The Planets
- IV The Motion of the Planets
- Index
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- I The Vault of Heaven
- II A Preliminary Journey through Space and Time
- III The Sun's Family
- IV Weighing and Measuring the Stars
- V The Variety of the Stars
- VI The Milky Way
- VII Out in the Depths of Space
- VIII The Great Universe
- Appendices
- I Guide to the Sky
- II The Twenty Apparently Brightest Stars
- III The Planets
- IV The Motion of the Planets
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Stars in Their Courses , pp. 154 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1931