Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Sterling (1998), Edition: New Edition, 223 pages
Description
Chock-full of glorious photographs, charts, and maps--with images on virtually every spread--this ultimate celestial guidebook answers all beginners' questions. Locate every constellation and star grouping; use the meridian to establish when each constellation will appear in your area; and know visual cues for recognizing the planets. The dazzling pictorial section points out and defines all the deep-space objects: stars of various types; our own galaxy, the Milky Way; clusters and nebulae. Search through star, constellation, and orientation maps; distinguish visible radiation and see how our atmosphere limits and distorts our view. 224 pages (all in color), 6 7/8 x 8 1/4. NEW IN PAPERBACK.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1996
Physical description
223 p.; 8.75 inches
ISBN
0806942991 / 9780806942995
Other editions
Constellation Guidebook by Antonin Rukl (Paperback)
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