Abstract
IN this chart the whole sky is shown on a large sheet in three sections'one equatorial, Mercator projection, and two polar maps. The stars, which are graded in size according to magnitude, including the fifth, are shown as white circles on a blue background. The chart also contains a number of the more important clusters, nebulæ and variable stars, visible to the naked eye, or in field-glasses or small telescopes, and tables supply useful information on these. Many notes are added which explain the movements of the sun, moon and stars, and also clarify certain phenomena which are illustrated in the charts. Students will find this a useful guide to the heavens.
Philips' Chart of the Stars
E. O.
Tancock
Edited by. 46 in. × 36 in. (London: George Philip and Son, Ltd., 1940.) 3s. net.
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Philips' Chart of the Stars. Nature 147, 74 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147074c0
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