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Uncharted constellations : asterisms, single-source and rebrands
- 作者: Barentine, John C., author.
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- 其他題名:
- Springer Praxis books in popular astronomy.
- 出版: Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer
- 叢書名: Springer Praxis books in popular astronomy
- 主題: Constellations--Popular works. , Popular Science. , Popular Science in Astronomy. , Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. , Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. , History of Science.
- ISBN: 9783319276199 (electronic bk.) 、 9783319276182 (paper)
- FIND@SFXID: CGU
- 資料類型: 電子書
- 摘要註: This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations. That decision left out lesser known ones whose history is nevertheless interesting, but at last author John Barentine is giving them their due. This book is a companion to "The Alternate Constellations", highlighting the more obscure configurations. The 16 constellations found in this volume fall into one or more of three broad categories: asterims, such as the Big Dipper in Ursa Major; single-sourced constellations introduced on surviving charts by a cartographer perhaps currying the favor of sponsors; and re-brands, new figures meant to displace existing constellations, often for an ideological reason. All of them reveal something unique about the development of humanity's map of the sky.
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- 系統號: 005360901 | 機讀編目格式