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The astronomy handbook : the ultimate guide to observing and understanding stars, planets, galaxies, and the universe / Govert Schilling.
Examines "the night sky, the cosmos, and the universe, all in one easy-to-use and understand handbook"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780762486502
- ISBN: 0762486503
- Physical Description: ix, 246 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published as Handboek Sterrenkunde by Fontaine Uitgevers, The Netherlands. Dutch language edition copyright ©2003 by Govert Schilling."--Colophon. Includes index. "Written by award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schililng, author of Constellations (BDL, 2018) and Deep Space (BDL, 2014), The Astronomy Handbook is the indispensible, go-to guide to everything you ever wanted or needed to know about the night sky, the cosmos, and the universe all in one easy-to-use and understand handbook"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Astronomy as a science -- The history of astronomy -- Telescopes -- Modern astronomy -- The night sky -- The celestial sphere -- Constellations -- The zodiac -- Amateur astronomy -- Earth, moon, and sun -- Motions and eclipses -- The moon -- The sun -- The solar system -- The inner parts of the solar system -- The outer parts of the solar system -- Meteors, asteroids, and comets -- The Milky Way galaxy -- Stars -- Star clusters and nebulae -- The Milky Way -- The Universe -- Galaxies -- The evolution of the universe -- Life in the universe. |
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| Subject: | Astronomy > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Astronomy > Observers' manuals. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Erlanger Branch | 520 S334a 2024 (Text) | 33126025925243 | New Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | 520 S334a 2024 (Text) | 33126025925250 | New Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 10/05/2024 |
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