A Field Guide to Stars and Planets (FIELD GUIDE TO THE STARS AND PLANETS)

Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy, Jay M.

ISBN 10: 039593432X / ISBN 13: 9780395934326

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to Stars and Planets (FIELD GUIDE TO THE STARS AND PLANETS)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039593432X
• ISBN 13: 9780395934326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide has been completely revised and updated to include the latest information from leading astronomical sources. All the time-sensitive material is new and valid through 2010: solar eclipses, phases of the moon, positions of the planets, and more. Twenty-four Monthly Sky Maps, all newly revised and in color, show exactly what you'll see when facing north or south in the night sky. Fifty-two Atlas Charts, also revised and in color, cover the entire sky, including close-ups of areas of special interest such as the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula. The hundreds of thousands of devoted users of the previous editions of this guide have been eagerly awaiting this new volume so they can continue to enjoy their hobby in the coming decades.

About the Authors

Jay M. Pasachoff is the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and director of the Hopkins Observatory at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Professor Pasachoff has done extensive research on the solar corona at total eclipses and has been on 29 eclipse expeditions. He has also used a wide variety of telescopes around the world. He is the author of popular textbooks on astronomy and on other science subjects. He has twice been chair of the Astronomy Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is the chair of the Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union and the U.S. national representative to the IAU's Commission on the Teaching of Astronomy.

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"'s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guides® are credited with helping to set the stage for the environmental movement.

Wil Tirion, is this generation's foremost celestial cartographer.