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Backyard guide to the night sky
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Backyard guide to the night sky

Author: Howard Schneider
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
Summary:
Volume packed full of information that illuminates key atstronomical concepts along side the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets.
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Genre/Form: Observers' manuals
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Howard Schneider
ISBN: 9781426202810 1426202814 9781426205385 1426205384 9781426205392 1426205392
OCLC Number: 314452294
Description: 287 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Sky watching basics --
The atmosphere --
The sun --
The moon --
The planets --
Stars & constellations --
Four seasons of the sky --
Constellations --
Comets & meteors --
Deep space.
Responsibility: Howard Schneider ; foreword by Sandy Wood.

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Contains ten comprehensive chapters that place readers on astronomical ground. This title covers information that range from the layers of the Earth's atmosphere and how they affect what we see; to  Read more...

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