The Star Guide : Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star: Includes a Planisphere (of the Northern Hemisphere)

The Star Guide : Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star: Includes a Planisphere (of the Northern Hemisphere)

by RobinKerrod (Author)

Synopsis

More than 150 full-color photographs and illustrations capture the spectacular wonder and drama of space More than 60 easy-to-read color star charts guide you star by star and month by month through the winter, spring, summer, and fall skies Reference pages and feature boxes provide further background information A practical, high-quality planisphere (star-finder), pictured above, lets you identify the stars overhead at any given time on any day of the year Informative, clear, easy-to-use and lavishly illustrated, The Star Guide puts the Universe at your fingertips and lets you learn about the heavens through actual observation.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: Prentice Hall ed
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 01 Oct 1993

ISBN 10: 0671874675
ISBN 13: 9780671874674

Author Bio
ROBIN KERROD is an enthusiastic astronomer and space buff who travels the world to observe, photograph, and report on astronomical phenomena. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society, he is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his books on astronomy, space, and the sciences, with more than 130 titles to his credit.