Astronomy for Beginners

About this eBook

Author

Carrington, Hereward, 1880-1959

Title

Astronomy for beginners

Original Publication

Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1925.

Credits

Tim Miller, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QB: Science: Astronomy

Subject

Astronomy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78112

Release Date

March 4, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Astronomy for Beginners
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTORY
5. 5.ASTROLOGY
6. 6.THE SOLAR SYSTEM
7. 7.THE SUN
8. 8.MERCURY
9. 9.VENUS
10. 10.THE EARTH
11. 11.MARS
12. 12.JUPITER
13. 13.SATURN
14. 14.URANUS
15. 15.NEPTUNE
16. 16.THE MINOR PLANETS
17. 17.ARE THERE OTHER PLANETS?
18. 18.THE MOON
19. 19.THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
20. 20.CONSTELLATIONS
21. 21.METEORS: “SHOOTING STARS”
22. 22.METEORITES
23. 23.COMETS
24. 24.NEBULAE
25. 25.THE MILKY WAY
26. 26.THE NUMBER OF STARS
27. 27.THE POSITION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
28. 28.THE MOVEMENT OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
29. 29.DISTANCES OF THE STARS
30. 30.TEMPERATURE OF THE STARS
31. 31.FIXED STARS
32. 32.DOUBLE STARS
33. 33.COLORED STARS
34. 34.VARIABLE STARS
35. 35.TEMPORARY STARS
36. 36.STAR GROUPS—CLUSTERS
37. 37.ECLIPSES
38. 38.TELESCOPES
39. 39.THE SPECTROSCOPE: SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
40. 40.PHOTOGRAPHY
41. 41.THE TIDES
42. 42.GRAVITATION
43. 43.THE ETHER
44. 44.ATOMIC ANALOGIES
45. 45.THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
46. 46.FIREBALLS
47. 47.ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
48. 48.THE EARTH’S MAGNETISM
49. 49.THE AURORA BOREALIS
50. 50.TIME: MEASUREMENT OF:
51. 51.SPACE: MEASUREMENT OF:
52. 52.THE INTERNATIONAL DAY LINE
53. 53.CALENDARS, ETC.
54. 54.CURVED SPACE
55. 55.THE TEMPERATURE OF SPACE
56. 56.LIGHT IN SPACE
57. 57.LIFE IN SPACE
58. 58.THE CAUSES OF AN ICE AGE
59. 59.WHY DO STARS “TWINKLE”?
60. 60.WHY DOES THE MOON SOMETIMES APPEAR LARGER?
61. 61.ARE THE PLANETS INHABITED?
62. 62.A FEW DEFINITIONS
63. 63.Untitled

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