Astronomy: A Visual Guide

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Reader's Digest, 2005 - Nature - 304 pages
This is a comprehensive guide to understanding and observing the night sky, from distant stars and galaxies to our neighbouring planets: from comets to shooting stars: from eclipses to black holes. With details of the latest space probes, a series of monthly sky maps to provide guidance for the amateur observer and the latest photos from space, this book brings the beauty and wonder of our universe into your living room and will have you reaching for the telescope

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