A Primer for Star Gazers

by Henry M. Neely

Overview

A beginner’s book on astronomy, which should enable anyone to locate the various constellations. Primer for Star Gazers explains in simple pictures and directions, with brief consideration to fixed stars, the northern sky and the planets. It includes a star calendar.

“This book is an effort to rescue the ancient love of simple star-gazing from the avalanche of mathematics and physics under which modern astronomy threatens to bury it.”—Henry M. Neely

“For the absolute amateur, who does not want too scientific a study but does want to be able to recognize the principal stars and constellations”—Kirkus Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789126402
Publisher:	Muriwai Books
Publication date:	12/05/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	258
File size:	147 MB
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About the Author

Henry Milton Neely (1877-1963) was a newspaperman, author and director of radio shows. In his later years, he became a successful astronomer. Born in Pennsylvania in 1877, his book titles included Fred Spencer: Reporter (1912), E-z Radio (with Otto Schmidt, 1922), The Star Finder (1943), Starfinding with Clock and Fist (1952) and Triangles; Getting Ready for Trigonometry (1962). Neely died in New York City in 1963.