The authors take us on a personal tour of the Milky Way in this guide to our home galaxy. The book is written in non-technical language, for the general reader and the amateur astronomer. The text is supported by colour photographs of stars, star clusters and gas clouds.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
superb reading and pictures, no bla bla,
By acvwpcd@xs4all.nl (amsterdam, netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
a superb book for amateur-reading . Beautiful colourful pictures of our galaxy. A 'road-map' on a scale you've never seen ! It tells you more about our home-galaxy, distances, objects, and the location of our own star (the sun) than whatever astronomical photographs may. I was very sorry to reach the last pages.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent introduction for someone curious about our stars,
By jdmorris@fuse.net (Cincinati, Ohio, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
Reading this book rekindled an old dormant interest in "reading" the night sky. This book, if carefully read, presents galactic structure are we currently know it in a way that truly make one rethink the night sky and truly begin to understand what one is seeing. I have to agree with several prior reviews: this is the kind of book that can expand one's mind. I went so far as to duplicate the color maps and laminate them so that when I star gaze, I can refer to the maps and place objects in our Orion Arm, Perseus Arm, or Sagittarius Arm. The explanation of Gould's belt made me appreciate again the splendor of Orion in the winter sky. This book is well worth the price and read. It can be casually read, but careful reading and study pay big dividends.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An armchair astronomer's dream.,
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This review is from: The Guide to the Galaxy (Paperback)
An extraordinary book that fits all those bits and pieces together to orient you into our galaxy. Distances become second nature, you come to see the sky in 3 dimensions. Beautiful photgraphs and diagrams. This book will make your mind grow
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