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A Walk through the Southern Sky

Dedication

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: MEASURING DISTANCES IN THE SKY

Map of the Moon

Significant Luna missions

Significant Apollo missions

DISTANCES TO THE STARS

THREE–DIMENSIONAL AWARENESS

THE BRIGHTNESS OF STARS

THE MILKY WAY

LIFE IN THE HEAVENS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF THE ATLAS

SPRING STARS

SUMMER STARS

AUTUMN STARS

WINTER STARS

PART 2: A WALF THROUGH THE HEAVENS

A WALK THROUGH THE SOUTHERN SKY

THE SOUTHERN CROSS (CRUX) (FIGURE 9)

PATHWAYS FROM CRUX

To locate Musca (Figure 11)

To locate Corvus

To locate Carina (Figure 12)

To locate Achernar of Eridanus

THE CENTAURUS–CRUX–VELA RELATIONSHIP

THE TRUE AND FALSE SOUTHERN CROSSES

To locate Vela and the False Southern Cross (Figure 13)

THE ACRUX–CANOPUS–ACHERNAR TRIANGLE (FIGURE 14)

THE CENTAURUS–LUPUS–ARA–LIBRA–SCORPIUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 15)

PATHWAYS FROM CENTAURUS

To Lupus

To locate Libra

To Ara

To Circinus and Triangulum Australe

THE SAGITTARIUS–CENTAURUS–HYDRUS–PAVO RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 16)

To locate Peacock in Pavo

THE ARCHERNAR–FOMALHAUT–PEACOCK TRIANGLE

To locate Grus (Figure 17)

PATHWAYS FROM GRUS

To locate Tucana (Figures 17 and 18)

To locate Indus (Figure 17)

To locate Capricornus

THE DIPHDA–FOMALHAUT–ACHENAR–PEACOCK TRIANGLES

To locate Ankaa in the constellation of Phoenix (Figure 19)

THE GRUS–SAGITTARIUS–SCORPIUS–LUPUS RELATIONSHIP (FIGURE 20)

To locate Microscopium

To locate Telescopium

To locate Norma

THE CANIS MAJOR–PUPPIS–CARINA (CANOPUS) RELATIONSHIP

To locate Puppis (Figure 21)

THE RIVER ERIDANUS (FIGURE 22)

GUIDES TO THE SOUTH CELESTIAL POLE (SCP) (FIGURE 23)

THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS

STARTING FROM ORION (FIGURE 24)

PATHWAYS FROM ORION

To locate Sirius in Canis Major (Figure 25)

To locate Procyon in Canis Minor

To locate Taurus and its star clusters the Hyades and the Pleiades

To locate Achernar and Canopus

To locate Gemini (Figure 26)

To locate Auriga

To locate Lepus, Columba and Cetus (Figure 27)

To locate Cetus

ORION'S ENCIRCLEMENT (FIGURE 28)

TO LOCATE ARCTURUS IN BOOTES (FIGURE 29)

TO LOCATE COR CAROLI IN CANES VENATICI

TO LOCATE CORONA BOREALIS

TO LOCATE SPICA IN VIRGO (FIGURE 30)

TO LOCATE CORVUS

TO LOCATE HYDRA, THE WATER SNAKE

TO LOCATE LEO (FIGURE 31)

TO LOCATE CANCE (FIGURE 32)

TO LOCATE VEGA IN LYRA (FIGURE 33)

TO LOCATE THE NORTHERN CROSS (CYGNUS) (FIGURE 34)

TO LOCATE PEGASUS (FIGURES 35 AND 36)

TO LOCATE ALTAIR IN AQUILA

TO LOCATE HAMAL IN ARIES, DIPHDA IN CETUS AND FOMALHAUT IN PISCIS AUSTRINUS (FIGURE 36)

To locate Aries

To locate Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus

To locate Diphda in Cetus

TO LOCATE PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA (FIGURE 37)

TO LOCATE HERCULES FIGURE 38)

TO LOCATE OPHIUCHUS (FIGURE 40)

TO LOCATE SERPENS

TO LOCATE ANTARES IN SCORPIUS

TO LOCATE SAGITTARIUS

GENERAL SUMMARY OF PATHWAYS

PART 3: LEGENDS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS

LEGEND OF ANDROMEDA

LEGEND OF AQUARIUS

LEGEND OF AQUILA

LEGENDS OF ARA

LEGEND OF ARGO NAVIS

LEGENDS OF ARIES

LEGEND OF AURIGA

LEGEND OF BOOTES

LEGENDS OF CANIS MAJOR AND MINOR

LEGENDS OF CANOPUS IN CARINA

LEGEND OF CASSIOPEIA

LEGENDS OF CENTAURUS

LEGEND OF CETUS

LEGEND OF COLUMBA (NOAH'S DOVE)

LEGEND OF COMA BERENICES

LEGEND OF CORONA AUSTRALIS

LEGEND OF CORONA BOREALIS

LEGEND OF CORVUS

LEGEND OF THE CRATER

LEGEND OF CYGNUS

LEGEND OF CYGNUS

LEGEND OF DELPHINUS

LEGEND OF DRACO THE DRAGON

LEGEND OF ERIDANUS

LEGENDS OF GEMINI

LEGEND OF GRUS

LEGEND OF HERCULES

LEGEND OF HYDRA THE WATER SNAKE

LEGEND OF LEO

LEGEND OF LIBRA

LEGENDS OF LYRA

LEGENDS OF OPHIUCHUS

LEGENDS OF ORION

LEGEND OF PEGASUS

LEGEND OF PERSEUS

LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX

LEGENDS OF THE PLEIADES

LEGEND OF SAGITTA THE ARROW

LEGEND OF SAGITTARIUS

LEGEND OF SCORPIUS

LEGEND OF TAURUS

LEGEND OF URSA MAJOR

LEGEND OF VIRGO

LEGENDS OF THE MILKY WAY

PART 4: THERE'S MORE TO SEE!

CIRCUMPOLOR CONSTELLATIONS

TEST OF VISION

Colour test

Star brightness test

BINOCULAR SIGHTS

LOCATION OF PLANETS

THE ECLIPTIC AND THE ZODIAC

PLANET LOCATIONS

NAVIGATIONAL STARS

MINOR CONSTELLATIONS

CONSTELLATIONS INDEX