Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets: Spanish Language Astronomy Materials Education Center

Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets

Description:

This book full of colorful pictures is divided into two parts, the first in which the author introduces the reader to observation of the night sky and shows the difference between the northern and southern hemisphere skies. It also introduces the 88 constellations with monthly maps of the sky. The second part is for the reader to make a more detailed astronomical observation learning to recognize the location and names of double and multiple stars. This part of the book takes the reader into a brief study of galaxies, the sun, planets, asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, instruments to observe the sky, and basic astrophotography.