Patrick Moore's Astronomy - A Complete Introduction

Astronomy: A Complete Introduction will ensure you recognize what you are seeing in the night sky. You will investigate the sun, moon, planets comets and stars and learn how to observe them. This comprehensive guide, complete with star charts, will map out the skies and allow you to impress your friends with your knowledge of the sky at night. Astronomy: A Complete Introduction includes: Chapter 1: Introducing Astronomy Chapter 2: The spinning sky Chapter 3: Sky-watchers Chapter 4: The astronomer's telescope Chapter 5: Into space Chapter 6: The Sun Chapter 7: The Moon Chapter 8: The Sun's family Chapter 9: The inner planets Chapter 10: The outer planets Chapter 11: Minor members of the Solar System Chapter 12: The stars Chapter 13: Pattern of stars Chapter 14: Double and variable stars Chapter 15: The life and times of a star Chapter 16: The Star-clusters and nebulae Chapter 17: The depths of the universe Chapter 18: Into the future - life beyond the Earth

Product details

• Authors: CBE Moore, Patrick Moore, Sir Patrick Moore, Percy Seymour, Seymour Percy
• Publisher: Teach Yourself
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.07.2015
• EAN: 9781473608757
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-0875-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 201 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Space Science, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology