Curiosities of the Skyby Garrett P. ServissContents [PREFACE] [CURIOSITIES OF THE SKY] [I. The Windows of Absolute Night] [II. Star-Clouds, Star-Clusters, and Star-Streams] [III. Stellar Migrations] [IV. The Passing of the Constellations] [V. Conflagrations in the Heavens] [VI. Explosive and Whirling Nebulæ] [VII. The Banners of the Sun] [VIII. The Zodiacal Light Mystery] [IX. Marvels of the Aurora] [X. Strange Adventures of Comets] [XI. Meteors, Fire-Balls, and Meteorites] [XII. The Wrecking of the Moon] [XIII. The Great Mars Problem] [XIV. The Riddle of the Asteroids]Great spiral nebula in AndromedaIllustrations [Great spiral nebula in Andromeda] [The Milky Way] [Star-cluster in Hercules] [Great southern star-cluster, Omega Centauri] [The Pleiades] [The “Great Dipper”] [Cassiopeia] [The “Northern Crown”] [The “Southern Cross”] [Chart showing location of Tycho’s star, 1572, and Nova Persei of 1901] [Nova Persei, with its nebular rings] [Lord Rosse’s nebula] [Wonderful spiral in triangulum] [Spiral in Ursa Major] [Nebula in Cetus] [The Orion nebula] [The Corona] [A solar “prominence”] [Auroral beams seen in England] [Auroral arches of an eliptic form seen in the Arctic regions] [Auroral curtain seen in Scandinavia] [Auroral arches seen in Scandinavia] [Swift’s comet] [Daniels’ comet] [Brooks’ comet] [Curious forms of meteorite trains] [Section of the atmosphere up to 100 kilometers] [A meteor photographed in flight] [Looking across Coon Butte crater from northern rim] [Trail on south side, Coon Butte crater] [The craters Clavius, Longomontanus, Tycho, etc.] [Western part of the Mare Serenitatis] [Mare Tranquilitatis and surroundings] [Lunar craters Theophilus and surrounding region] [Mare Crisium] [Schiaparelli’s chart of Mars, showing the so-called system of canals]
