What's Up 2006 - 365 Days of SkywatchingLulu.com, 2006 - 409 pages What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching presents the highlights you can see in the night sky for every day in 2006. With a small telescope, binoculars, and sometimes just your eyes, you'll track down features on the Moon, planets, meteor showers, bright and double stars, open and globular clusters, and distant galaxies.Astronomers Tammy Plotner and Jeff Barbour are your guides to the wonders of the night sky. |
Contents
Section 1 | 14 |
Section 2 | 23 |
Section 3 | 27 |
Section 4 | 111 |
Section 5 | 131 |
Section 6 | 169 |
Section 7 | 171 |
Section 8 | 201 |
Section 12 | 235 |
Section 13 | 237 |
Section 14 | 275 |
Section 15 | 278 |
Section 16 | 296 |
Section 17 | 336 |
Section 18 | 339 |
Section 19 | 351 |
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