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"In this new edition of their classic guide, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion bring the night sky down to Earth with brand new sky charts, diagrams, and photos that enrich the clear, engaging text. Stars and Planets will delight both latent astronomers who have yet to touch a telescope and the more star-savvy who have spent many a night outside craning their necks behind a lens.". "The introduction presents the basics of astronomical observation while answering such questions as: How did constellations come to be? Do the stars within them have anything to do with one another? Do stars really flicker? Next comes the book's centerpiece: an excellent series of maps of the night sky from hemisphere to hemisphere, month to month and, above all, charts showing all 88 constellations, including some 5,000 stars. The text vividly relates the human history behind each constellation and notes their most prominent stars while offering sundry stimulating facts.". "The second section focuses on the astrophysics behind stars, galaxies, the Sun, the planets, comets and meteors, and more. Striking full-color photos, maps, and illustrations appear on almost every page. The guide concludes with helpful tip

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Author

Ian Ridpath

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691089133

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Literary Fiction, Astronomy

Rating

4.6 / 5 (83 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14