Call number
Collection
Publication
Houghton Mifflin (1988), Paperback
Pages
160
Description
A beginner's comprehensive guide to the stars, presenting the constellations in shapes that correspond sensibly to their names. Includes forty charts of the skies through the seasons.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1952
Physical description
160 p.; 10.6 inches
ISBN
0395248302 / 9780395248300
UPC
046442248303
User reviews
LibraryThing member amaraduende
This is simply the best stargazing book there is. Written for children and adults, it makes things so simple, but never talks down.
LibraryThing member Hamburgerclan
Years ago my eldest child was on an astronomy kick. She loved looking up at the stars and picking out constellations. Supportive parents that we were, we encouraged her interest, taking her to astronomy club star parties and buying her a few (affordable) astronomy things, including this book. The
--J.
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Stars is a beginner's guide to astronomy, explaining in simple terms the basics of watching the skies and illustrating the constellations in a simple fashion to help a budding astronomer learn to pick them out. There's also a section which gets a bit more technical, talking about meridians and declinations and all those things that made me avoid astronomy magazines even though I love science fiction. But since the whole book is illustrated by H. A. Ray, the creator of Curious George, even those pages are worth reading. Or trying to read, at least. Anyway, this one is worth checking out if for no other reason than to learn your basic astronomy.--J.
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LibraryThing member verncox
Great first book for Stargazing
LibraryThing member benjfrank
This was the book, in 5th grade, that set me on to astronomy, and then, in turn, to all of science. Rey's unique way of "connecting the dots" makes the night sky easy to learn in ways that no astronomy guide before or since can match.
LibraryThing member librisissimo
One of the easiest ways to visualize constellations.
LibraryThing member Lanzoni
Great book for a beginning astronomer of any age. No jargon just easy to understand terms.