The Star Guide: Learn How to Read the Night Sky Star by Star

by Robin Kerrod

Book Overview

Demonstrates how to observe the stars with binoculars or the naked eye, introduces the main constellations, and describes how astronomers study the universe.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671874675
• ISBN13: 9780671874674
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Perfect for Beginners

Beautifully illustrated yet still a practical guide to viewing and navigating around the sky from anywhere during any month. Good grounding on stars, Deep Sky Objects, and solar system neighbors.

A book for beginners that's a reference for the experienced.

A large format book with full color throughout, this work takes beginning star-gazers by the hand and quickly shows them what, when, where, and how. Its detail is presented logically and intuitively such that it makes a very nice reference for the experienced amateur astronomer as well.

Well written with great photographs and charts.

This book is a great introductory book on astronomy. Not only is it replete with information on and pictures of the moon, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, it is a very practical, visually-oriented guide for the amateur astronomer.