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NG Pocket Guide to the Night Sky
Catherine Herbert Howell
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Description for NG Pocket Guide to the Night Sky
Paperback. Written for budding astronomers and curious stargazers, along with nature lovers and science buffs, this low-priced, easy-to-use field guide expands National Geographic's natural history category and joins other pocket guides in this successful series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 184. Weight in Grams: 367.
We all gaze at the night sky in wonder--and this guidebook, the ninth in the National Geographic Pocket Guide series, provides a go-to reference for everything filling the dark canvas above us. A basic guide to the solar system, distant galaxies, exoplanets and deep space, satellites and spacecraft, the big bang, meteor showers, and moon phases, this book also features scores of sky and constellation charts for stargazers. Each of the 140 featured topics includes a photograph or explanatory illustration or graphic. Interesting facts and tips throughout offer a quick guide to observing the night sky with the naked eye, ... Read more
We all gaze at the night sky in wonder--and this guidebook, the ninth in the National Geographic Pocket Guide series, provides a go-to reference for everything filling the dark canvas above us. A basic guide to the solar system, distant galaxies, exoplanets and deep space, satellites and spacecraft, the big bang, meteor showers, and moon phases, this book also features scores of sky and constellation charts for stargazers. Each of the 140 featured topics includes a photograph or explanatory illustration or graphic. Interesting facts and tips throughout offer a quick guide to observing the night sky with the naked eye, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781426217852
SKU
V9781426217852
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Catherine Herbert Howell
CATHERINE HERBERT HOWELL, a former National Geographic staff member, has written extensively on natural history. She explored the relationships between people and plants in Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty and covered the importance of birds in culture in the National Geographic Bird Watcher's Bible. Howell serves as a master naturalist volunteer in Arlington, ... Read more
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