# Astronomy in a nutshell Author: Serviss, Garrett Putman, 1851-1929 Genre: Category: Science - Physics Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72521 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Astronomy+in+a+nutshell+Serviss&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Definition of Astronomy—Fundamental Law of the 3-64 Stars—Relations of the Earth to the Universe—Ordinary Appearance of the Sky—The Horizon, the Zenith, and the Meridian—Locating the Stars—Altitude and Azimuth—Circular or Angular Measure—Altitude Circles and Vertical Circles—The Apparent Motion of the Heavens—The North Star and Phenomena Connected with it—Revolution of the Stars round the Pole—Locating the Stars on the Celestial Sphere—Astronomical Equivalents of Latitude and Longitude—Parallels of Declination and Hour Circles—“The Greenwich of the Sky”—Effects Produced by Changing the Observer's Place on the Earth—The Parallel Sphere, the Right Sphere, and the Oblique Sphere—The Astronom... ## Chapters - [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/8/index.md) - [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/5/index.md) - [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/9/index.md) - [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part I, Sect. 8). Having passed the solstice, the sun begins to decline](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/7/index.md) - [PART IV—THE FIXED STARS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/4/index.md) - [PART III—THE SOLAR SYSTEM.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/3/index.md) - [PART I—THE CELESTIAL SPHERE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/1/index.md) - [PART II—THE EARTH.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/astronomy-in-a-nutshell-72521/chapters/2/index.md)