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

Pasachoff Professor of Astronomy, Jay M.

ISBN 10: 0395934311 / ISBN 13: 9780395934319

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to Stars and Planets (Peterson Field Guides)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395934311
• ISBN 13: 9780395934319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide was revised and updated, and each printing brings further updates with the latest information. As of the 16th printing (December 2018), most of the time-sensitive material has been updated for the next decade. Twenty-four color Monthly Sky Maps show exactly what you’ll see when facing north or south in the night sky. Fifty-two color Atlas Charts cover the entire sky, including close-ups of areas of special interest, such as the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula. Two dozen pages cover the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse whose path crossed the continental United States, and other aspects of recent and future solar eclipses.
 

About the Authors

Jay M. Pasachoff (1943-2022) was 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.

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.