More than 150 full-color photographs and illustrations capture the spectacular wonder and drama of space More than 60 easy-to-read color star charts guide you star by star and month by month through the winter, spring, summer, and fall skies Reference pages and feature boxes provide further background information A practical, high-quality planisphere (star-finder), pictured above, lets you identify the stars overhead at any given time on any day of the year Informative, clear, easy-to-use and lavishly illustrated, The Star Guide puts the Universe at your fingertips and lets you learn about the heavens through actual observation.
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Pearson Education Limited
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illustrations (some colour)
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Höhe: 260 mm
Breite: 260 mm
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978-0-671-87467-4 (9780671874674)
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ROBIN KERROD is an enthusiastic astronomer and space buff who travels the world to observe, photograph, and report on astronomical phenomena. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society, he is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his books on astronomy, space, and the sciences, with more than 130 titles to his credit.
Introduction. 1. Patterns in the Sky. 2. Mapping the Stars. 3. Key Constellations. 4. The Moon. 5. The Sun. 6. The Sun's Family. 7. Astronomers at Work.
