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A series of illustrated lectures introduces young readers to fundamental astronomy, explaining the Sun's heat, size, and spots; the Moon's phases, eclipses, and surface features; the inner and outer planets and their satellites; comets, meteors, and their orbits; and the nature and distances of stars and nebulae. Practical methods for measuring celestial distances, using telescopes, and interpreting observations are described alongside accessible accounts of orbital motions, seasons, eclipses, and classification of stellar objects. Concluding guidance covers naming stars. The tone is explanatory and aimed at making observational astronomy intelligible without technical prerequisites.

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Title: Star-land: Being Talks With Young People About the Wonders of the Heavens

Author: Robert S. Ball

Release date: September 18, 2019 [eBook #60318]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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STAR-LAND

BEING TALKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS

BY

SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, F.R.S.

LOWNDEAN PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF THE HEAVENS,” ETC.

Illustrated

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

Boston, U.S.A., and London
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
The Athenæum Press
1899


Entered at Stationers’ Hall
Copyright, 1899, by
CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


To
THOSE YOUNG FRIENDS
WHO HAVE ATTENDED MY CHRISTMAS LECTURES
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS DEDICATED