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A field guide to the stars and planets. Cover Image Book Book

A field guide to the stars and planets.

Pasachoff, Jay M. (Author).

Summary: A field guide to the stars and planets, providing introductory tours of the night sky, twenty-four monthly sky maps, fifty-two atlas charts that cover the entire sky, and tips on how to choose telescopes and binoculars.

Record details

  • ISBN: 039593432X (cloth)
  • ISBN: 9780395934326 (cloth)
  • ISBN: 0395934311 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780395934319 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 578 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: 4th ed. /
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-562) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: A first look at the sky -- A tour of the sky -- The monthly sky maps -- The constellations -- Stars, Nebulae, and galaxies -- Double and variable stars -- Atlas of the sky -- The moon -- Finding the planets -- Observing the planets -- Comets -- Asteroids -- Meteors and meteor showers -- Observing the sun -- Coordinates, time, and calendars -- Telescopes and binoculars.
Subject: Astronomy Observers' manuals

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library QB 64 .P37 2000 30775305459613 General Collection Available -

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