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Barentine, John C |
Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus |
I11682 |
2021 |
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Barentine, John C |
Uncharted Constellations |
I10344 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Barentine, John C |
The Lost Constellations |
I10335 |
2016 |
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| Title | Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus : Investigating a 400-Year-Old Phenomenon |
| Author(s) | Barentine, John C |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 257 p. 49 illus., 18 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The ???Ashen Light??? of Venus???a ghostly emission of light from the night side of our nearest planetary neighbor???is among the last unsolved mysteries of astronomical history. In the four centuries since the phenomenon was first reported, highly reputable visual observers of Venus have recorded seeing the Ashen Light, while others have spent a lifetime searching for it without once being convinced that they ever saw it. Is the Ashen Light a trick of the eye? The result of a defective lens? A real scientific event? Occasional references to the Ashen Light are scattered across the literature, yet no work to date has synthesized these records. This book therefore digs deep into the history of the mystery and our latest attempts to understand it, sifting through the clues that might explain whether it is caused by physics, is conjured up by the eye or brain, or a combination of both. This baffling story will appeal to amateur astronomers, hobbyists, and lay readers interested in joining the debate about one of the most elusive observable phenomena ever recorded in the night sky |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030727154 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Science???History
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| 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
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| Title | The Lost Constellations : A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore |
| Author(s) | Barentine, John C |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XX, 506 p. 257 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough),??but??this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear.??The history of the human identification of??constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently ???extinct.??? ??Dr. Barentine??addresses why??some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can??still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, ennabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky.??Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319227955 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
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