TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Martha Evans AU - Menzel,Donald H. TI - The friendly stars: how to locate and identify them SN - 0486210995 (pbk.) : AV - QB63 .M38 1966 U1 - 523.8/0223 PY - 1966/// CY - New York PB - Dover Publications KW - Stars KW - Charts, diagrams, etc KW - Constellations KW - Astronomy N1 - "A new edition of an astronomical classic."; Reprint. Originally published in 1964 as a revised and enlarged version of the work originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1907; Includes celestial charts on 1 folded sheet (41 x 72 cm.) attached to inside back cover: North circumpolar star charts -- Equatorial star charts; The rising and the setting of the stars -- Concerning the brightest stars -- Capella -- Arcturus - Spica -- Vega -- Deneb -- Altair -- Antares -- Fomalhaut -- Aldebaran -- Orion's bright stars -- The heavenly twins -- The two dog stars -- Regulus -- The number of the stars -- The names of the stars -- The light of the stars -- The distance of the stars -- Double stars -- The constellations -- The Little Bear and Polaris -- The Great Bear and the seven stars of the Dipper -- Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and the Dragon -- From the Hunting Dogs to the Arrow -- From the Winged Horse to the Bull -- The mystery of the Pleiades -- From the Twins back to the Hunter -- Constellations wholly or in part south of the equator -- Individuality of the stars UR - http://www.archive.org/details/friendlystarshow00mart UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL5885641M ER -