Astronomy: 365 Days (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Robert J. Nemiroff (Author)

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Product Description

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.

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, Inc." (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810957159
• ISBN-13: 978-0810957152
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #287,552 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	A. W. Johnston - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars watch the stars, learn your universe, April 10, 2007

By	P. Pornprasertthavorn (Yannawa, Bangkok Thailand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nice photo & info in brief caption. i love it. but too heavy for children :-P

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	David Gil Navalon (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.