Title Uncharted Constellations : Asterisms, Single-Source and Rebrands Author(s) Barentine, John C Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. Description XVI, 222 p. 65 illus : online resource Abstract Note 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.?? ISBN,Price 9783319276199 Keyword(s) 1. ASTRONOMY 2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 3. Astronomy???Observations 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. Geographical information systems 7. Geographical Information Systems/Cartography 8. HISTORY 9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 10. Observations, Astronomical 11. Popular Science in Astronomy Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I10344     On Shelf