Field Guide to Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides) - Softcover

Pasachoff, Jay M.; Menzel, Donald Howard

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9780395910993: Field Guide to Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395910994 ISBN 13: 9780395910993

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1998

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Each guide employs the Peterson Identification system which pinpoints key field marks for quick recognition of species and easy comparisons of confusing look-alikes. Provide up-to-date range information.

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Review:

"An excellent introduction to astronomy for beginners and a field guide for experts."

"Brimming with dazzling celestial photographs and timely astronomical information, the newly revised Peterson Field Guide to the Stars and Planets is a must-have resource for any amateur stargazer." Country Living Gardener
"An excellent introduction to astronomy for beginners and a field guide for experts." St. Louis Post-Dispatch

About the Author:

Jay M. Pasachoff is the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Williams College. He is the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets, as well as numerous textbooks and trade books on astronomy, weather, and more.

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