A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides)

Jay M. Pasachoff; Donald H. Menzel

ISBN 10: 0395537649 / ISBN 13: 9780395537640

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395537649
• ISBN 13: 9780395537640
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Filled with the latest images from NASA, this collection of star maps, charts, tables, and diagrams tells what is visible in the sky anywhere, anytime, and when and where to see unusual astronomical phenomena.

About the Author

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.