Bibliograph

Night sky detective, by Ben Morgan ; US consultant, Dr. Ted A. Maxwell, Associate Director for Collections and Research, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ; UK consultant, Dr. Jacqueline Mitton

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Night sky detective, by Ben Morgan ; US consultant, Dr. Ted A. Maxwell, Associate Director for Collections and Research, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ; UK consultant, Dr. Jacqueline Mitton

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eng

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Night sky detective

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

941831189

Responsibility statement

by Ben Morgan ; US consultant, Dr. Ted A. Maxwell, Associate Director for Collections and Research, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ; UK consultant, Dr. Jacqueline Mitton

Series statement

Eyewitness explorerGale eBooks

Summary

This book explores the stars with more than 30 fun activities to help spot different constellations, make paper planets, and launch a rocket

Table Of Contents

Stargazing -- The sky at night -- Our place in space -- Paper planets -- Around and around -- Seeing sunspots -- What time is it? -- When darkness comes -- Lunar landscape -- A lunar calendar -- Moon shadows -- Escape velocity -- Ready for liftoff -- Finding Venus -- Why is Mars red? -- Is there life on Mars? -- Stormy weather -- Jupiter and its moons -- Saturn's strange shape -- Shooting stars -- A star map -- Star charts -- Compass stars -- Northern star-hopping -- Southern star-hopping -- The time at night -- Latitude locator -- A star is born -- Find the Seven Sisters -- Going, going, gone -- Our local galaxy -- Galaxy hunting -- Expanding universe

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