Now in its 5th edition, this best-selling reference book is a must for amateur astronomers. Written by Sir Patrick Moore, Britain's best-known astronomer, it is a classic and highly readable account of the stars, the planets and the Universe, together with practical advice on observing the night sky. This fully revised new edition has been updated to include the latest information and images from the current space missions, including Cassini. It is illustrated with hundreds of colour pictures, including spectacular photographs from ground-and space-based telescopes. It also contains a complete atlas of the constellations.
- ISBN10 0540087912
- ISBN13 9780540087914
- Publish Date 2 September 2005 (first published 10 November 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 January 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Philip's
- Edition 7th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English