Peterson First Guide to Astronomy
- ISBN-10
- 0395935423
- ISBN-13
- 9780395935422
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-07-17
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Authors
- Jay M. Pasachoff, Roger Tory Peterson
Description
A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.
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