Chapter 1 Images

1.1 Venus & Jupiter

1.2 The summer triangle

1.3 Evening late summer sky

1.4 Northern constellations

1.5 Western motion of sky

1.6 Stargazing location

1.7 Longitude and latitude

1.9 The bowl of night

1.10 Measuring angles

1.11 The Moon's angular size

1.12 One second of arc

1.13 The zenith and celestial horizon

1.14 The horizon system

1.15 Altitude of Polaris and the Big Dipper

1.16 Orion rising in east

1.17 Big Dipper and Polaris

1.18 A Time Exposure of the Northern Sky

1.19 Apparent rotation of the celestial sphere

1.20 Waning crescent Moon

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