Stars (Collins Gem) - Softcover

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060818662 ISBN 13: 9780060818661

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2005

Synopsis

This full color highly illustrated and engaging compact guide to stars, asteroids, meteors and comets, presents a world of possibility in your pocket.

This Smithsonian Gem features individual charts for all 88 constellations of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, complete with star charts and a star atlas of the entire sky. It details the brightest stars and objects of interest which can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars and small telescopes. An ideal book for practical observation of the stars throughout the world all year round.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Ridpath is an English astronomy writer and broadcaster, who is also the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy and Norton's Star Atlas. He is a recipient of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Klumpke Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. For more information about Ian Ridpath's books, talks, and other interests, visit his personal website, ianridpath.com.

Wil Tirion is a Dutch celestial cartographer, widely regarded as the world's leading exponent of this art. He is author of The Cambridge Star Atlas and Sky Atlas 2000.0.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060818662
• ISBN 13: 9780060818661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192