A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
- ISBN-10
- 039534641X
- ISBN-13
- 9780395346419
- Series
- A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
- Category
- Science (General)
- Pages
- 473
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Authors
- Jay M. Pasachoff, Donald Howard Menzel
Description
Provides detailed maps and charts and information about stars, nebulae, galaxies, the planets, comets, asteroids, and meteors
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