Synopsis
Provides detailed maps and charts and information about stars, nebulae, galaxies, the planets, comets, asteroids, and meteors.
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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
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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Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1975
ISBN 10: 0395079985
ISBN 13: 9780395079980
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A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
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A field guide to the stars and planets,: Including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe, (The Peterson field guide series)
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A field guide to the stars and planets,: Including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe, (The Peterson field guide series)
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A field guide to the stars and planets,: Including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe, (The Peterson field guide series)
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A field guide to the stars and planets,: Including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe, (The Peterson field guide series)
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A field guide to the stars and planets,: Including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe, (The Peterson field guide series)
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A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
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FG to Stars
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Houghton Mifflin January 1975, 1975
ISBN 10: 0395079985
ISBN 13: 9780395079980
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A field guide to the stars and planets: including the moon, satellites, comets, and other features of the universe
Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1964
ISBN 10: 0395079985
ISBN 13: 9780395079980
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/good, used, 7th printing, green cloth binding with black text on spine and upper, star map end papers, v-xiv, 397pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to dj, corners worn, paper chipped at head of spine, tiny tear to tail of spine. DJ is price-clipped One of the Peterson field guide series. Seller Inventory # 030697