Patrick Moore aims to give the reader a thorough working knowledge of astronomy, one of the few sciences in which the amateur can play a useful role, and may even make important discoveries. He begins by explaining the basic facts, describing what can be seen with the naked eye and with simple equipment, and telescopes within easy reach of the amateur. The text contains sections on the sun, moon and planets, and how to observe them. It also gives details of the minor bodies of the solar system such as comets, meteors and asteroids, and demonstrates simple astronomical photography and investigates stellar astronomy - constellations, the evolution of the stars, variable stars, star clusters and galaxies.
- ISBN10 0340585978
- ISBN13 9780340585979
- Publish Date 3 August 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 October 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint Teach Yourself
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 222
- Language English