Astronomy: The Definitive Guide

Astronomy: The Definitive Guide
ISBN-10
1875999450
ISBN-13
9781875999453
Series
Astronomy
Category
Astronomy
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2002
Authors
Alan Dyer, Robert Burnham, Jeff Kanipe

Description

This guide is divided into two sections. The first, Discovering the Universe,xplains our changing understanding of earth's place in the universe androvides an up-to-the-minute guide to astronomy today. It describes the mainelestial bodies and explores the big questions raised by our evolvingnderstanding of the universe.he second section, A Guide to Celestial Objects, is a fielduide to the night sky. It includes hundreds of maps and photographs, withections on the sun, moon and planets, stars, nebulas and galaxies, as wells monthly star charts and sky tours of both northern and southernemispheres.

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