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The Star Guide: Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star: Includes a Planisphere - Hardcover

Kerrod, Robin

 
9780671874674: The Star Guide: Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star: Includes a Planisphere
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0671874675 ISBN 13: 9780671874674
Verlag: Prentice-Hall, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

An introduction to astronomy features an entertaining and informative text and contains a rotating "planisphere," which enables the reader to locate the positions of the constellations.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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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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The Star Guide The Star Guide is for everyone who has marveled at the beauty of the night sky and wanted to know more about the stars. User-friendly and thoroughly up to date, The Star Guide demystifies astronomy and gives you all the information you need to appreciate the wonders of the Universe ? from the explosive birth of a star to an eclipse to a cloudy nebula. It reflects the latest findings by the world's astronomers, as well as by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Magellan probe to Venus. Totally visual and completely accessible, the guide features easy-to-follow star charts and a high-quality planisphere to help you locate the major constellations. Moreover, The Star Guide relies on the user's observations made with binoculars and the naked eye. Novice astronomers are taken through the orbits of the planets of the solar system as well as to stars beyond. Written with clarity and infectious enthusiasm by best-selling science writer Robin Kerrod, and illustrated with more than 150 full-color photos and drawings, The Star Guide offers an uncomplicated and unconventional means of space exploration. A specially devised visual cross-referencing system provides easy access to information and to explanations of terms and concepts. Feature boxes explain scientific theory and both recent and ancient astronomical history. Discussion and analysis of the astronomer's tools are also included in this comprehensive sourcebook. You'll find advice on how to use binoculars, telescopes, computers, and cameras in your astronomical observations. With its spectacular color art, planisphere, and vividly descriptive style, The Star Guide is an informative, entertaining, and fascinating journey through the cosmos.

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Verlag
Prentice-Hall
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0671874675
ISBN 13 
9780671874674
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
160
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