Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Chamaeleon-Orion
- ISBN-10
- 0486235688
- ISBN-13
- 9780486235684
- Category
- Science
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1978
- Author
- Robert Burnham
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- 1978
- 2138 pages
- Paperback
- Courier Corporation
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