Star Maps for Beginners: 50th Anniversary Edition

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Illustrated
1992
$9.87

Using the Maltese Cross star map design, widely acknowledged as superior to the conventional circular maps for locating constellations, this book provides everything amateur astronomers need. 12 maps trace the month-by-month progression of the constellations, viewed from every direction. Newly-revised tables give approximate positions of the planets for the years 1992 through 1997 and special sections discuss meteors and comets.

Synopsis

Using the "Maltese Cross" star map design, widely acknowledged as superior to the conventional circular maps for locating constellations, this book provides everything amateur astronomers need. 12 maps trace the month-by-month progression of the constellations, viewed from every direction. Newly-revised tables give approximate positions of the planets for the years 1992 through 1997 and special sections discuss meteors and comets.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 65
Edition: 50th ed.
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 01 Aug 1992
ISBN 10: 0671791877
ISBN 13: 9780671791872

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Sky & Telescope The best way to learn the constellations that we have ever run across.

Author Bio

I. M. LEVITT, PH.D., an internationally recognized scientist, is Director Emeritus of the Fels Planetariurn at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.