Instant Guide to Stars and Planets [Hardcover]

Pamela Forey (Author), Christopher Fitzsimons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 1988

An Instant Guide to Stars and Planets is an ideal compact identification guide to our night sky. A system of season-by-season star charts enables the reader to identify quickly and easily the major constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere. The Solar System and its planets are described and illustrated using data from the Voyager and Mariner missions. Information on stars, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and black holes provides the background needed to understand the structure of the universe and how it functions.
Detailed, full-color illustrations and a concise but informative text provide everything the novice starwatcher needs to explore the sty.

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An Instant Guide to Stars and Planets is an ideal compact identification guide to our night sky. A system of season-by-season star charts enables the reader to identify quickly and easily the major constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere. The Solar System and its planets are described and illustrated using data from the Voyager and Mariner missions. Information on stars, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and black holes provides the background needed to understand the structure of the universe and how it functions.
Detailed, full-color illustrations and a concise but informative text provide everything the novice starwatcher needs to explore the sty.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (November 27, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517635496
• ISBN-13: 978-0517635490
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,837,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Compact Guide, August 23, 2001

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Beckett Boots (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Guide to Stars and Planets (Hardcover)

I was looking for something compact that I could fit in a pocket for those evenings when we would go out for meteor showers.

I really helps pass the time to learn about the constellations, the layout was clear and the explanations brief.

It's a great beginner's book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginners, July 23, 2001

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Lorynne Schneider (Shelley, Idaho United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Guide to Stars and Planets (Hardcover)

As a novice star gazer, I was so excited when I opened this book. It gives easy to read maps of the sky, in the various seasons. It also gives a little bit of detailed information about the different constellations. My children and I have already been able to pick out things in the night sky that we have been unable to identify previously.

5 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT TO READ, March 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Instant Guide to Stars and Planets (Hardcover)

A great book to read if you've ever wondered about our universe. It's writter in a way so that anybody could understand it. Read this book and you'll surely enjoy it.