Astronomy: 365 Days [Hardcover]

Jerry T. Bonnell (Author), Robert J. Nemiroff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2006 | Series: 365 Days

Astronomy: 365 Days is a spectacular collection of photographs of space and sky, drawn from Jerry Bonnell and Robert Nemiroff’s enormously popular website, Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).

The follow-up to their previous collaboration, The Universe: 365 Days (the second-highest- selling title in the 365 Days series), this volume is filled with amazing images from the Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars and the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, the latest revelations from the Hubble Space Telescope, and gorgeous views from professionals and amateurs. Each photograph is accompanied by explanatory text that greatly expands the reader’s appreciation of the wonders of the cosmos.

Perfect for anyone who’s ever felt the allure of the skies, Astronomy: 365 Days is a heavenly treasure.

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About the Author

An astrophysicist with the Universities Space Research Association, Jerry T. Bonnell has been working at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center since 1988. He lives in Greenbelt, MD.

A resident of Houghton, MI, Robert J. Nemiroff is a professor of physics at Michigan Technological University. Their website, APOD, is located at http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 744 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; First Printing edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810957159
• ISBN-13: 978-0810957152
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 9.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #877,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Images, May 29, 2007

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A. W. Johnston - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Astronomy: 365 Days (Hardcover)

Astronomy: 365 is a wonderfully simple concept: one picture for each of the 365 nights of the year. This allows for a great variety of images, taken by all sorts of instruments from ordinary cameras to the Hubble Space Telescope, spanning broad panoramas of the night or evening sky to extreme close-ups of the Moon, galaxies and other heavenly bodies. Each image comes with a page of explanation of what can be seen and how the image was obtained.

A fascinating collection: the only criticism possible being that the book is rather small in both senses: it leaves you hungry for more pictures, which could be done more justice on larger format pages...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of astonomical pictures, May 5, 2008

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David Gil Navalon (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Astronomy: 365 Days (Hardcover)

A heavy and thick book with a great compendium of pictures shown on the Astronomical Picture of the Day website. It's a very good selection, and the captions - however brief - are interesting enough. To be read and enjoyed little by little, a few pages each day.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, September 10, 2007

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Joseph M. D'aprile "Snowman" (Anaheim, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Astronomy: 365 Days (Hardcover)

This book lives up to the others that preceed it. The collection of photographs are powerful, and there are 365 days of these images along with desciptions. The book is informative as well as stunning to look at. This is one for the coffee table and not the shelf.