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010 $a 00110474
020 $a0691089124 (cloth)
020 $a0691089132 (paperback)
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035 $9ASL6714CU
035 $a(NNC)2970421
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090 $aQB64$b.R52 2001
092 $a523
100 1 $aRidpath, Ian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50000946
245 10 $aStars and planets /$cIan Ridpath ; illustrated by Wil Tirion.
246 14 $aStars & planets
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2001.
300 $a400 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c20 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPrinceton field guides
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"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.".
520 8 $a"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.
520 8 $aThe text vividly relates the human history behind each constellation and notes their most prominent stars while offering sundry stimulating facts.".
520 8 $a"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 tips on the optical tools of the trade and on astrophotography. Astrophysicists and amateur skywatchers agree that Stars and Planets is simply the most user-friendly, compact source of celestial information available.
520 8 $aNo one should leave home at night without it."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAstronomy$vObservers' manuals.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009008
650 0 $aStars.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127415
650 0 $aPlanets.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102653
700 1 $aTirion, Wil.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81107688
830 0 $aPrinceton field guides.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99086912
852 00 $bsci$hQB64$i.R53 2001g