Astronomy for beginners
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTORY3. ASTROLOGY4. THE SOLAR SYSTEM5. THE SUN6. MERCURY7. VENUS8. THE EARTH9. MARS10. JUPITER11. SATURN12. URANUS13. NEPTUNE14. THE MINOR PLANETS15. ARE THERE OTHER PLANETS?16. THE MOON17. THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM18. CONSTELLATIONS19. METEORS: “SHOOTING STARS”20. METEORITES21. COMETS22. NEBULAE23. THE MILKY WAY24. THE NUMBER OF STARS25. THE POSITION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM26. THE MOVEMENT OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM27. DISTANCES OF THE STARS28. TEMPERATURE OF THE STARS29. FIXED STARS30. DOUBLE STARS31. COLORED STARS32. VARIABLE STARS33. TEMPORARY STARS34. STAR GROUPS—CLUSTERS35. ECLIPSES36. TELESCOPES37. THE SPECTROSCOPE: SPECTRUM ANALYSIS38. PHOTOGRAPHY39. THE TIDES40. GRAVITATION41. THE ETHER42. ATOMIC ANALOGIES43. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING44. FIREBALLS45. ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY46. THE EARTH’S MAGNETISM47. THE AURORA BOREALIS48. TIME: MEASUREMENT OF:49. SPACE: MEASUREMENT OF:50. THE INTERNATIONAL DAY LINE51. CALENDARS, ETC.52. CURVED SPACE53. THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE54. LIGHT IN SPACE55. LIFE IN SPACE56. THE CAUSES OF AN ICE AGE57. WHY DO STARS “TWINKLE”?58. WHY DOES THE MOON SOMETIMES APPEAR LARGER?59. ARE THE PLANETS INHABITED?60. A FEW DEFINITIONS