Cambridge Pocket Star Atlas

By John Cox

This guide charts the positions of over 1,000 stars and celestial objects, arrayed in easy-to-read maps. It includes a detailed introduction to stargazing, with explanations of the celestial sphere,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521589924
• ISBN13: 9780521589925
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A small big astronomy book

Do not let the small size of this star atlas to mislead you (48pp) I bought this Cambridge Pocket Star Atlas with the intention of replacing another star atlas that I lost, and my surprise was big when I discovered that this booklet includes detailed descriptions and easy to understand explanations for such a concepts (to lay people like me) as Declination and Right Ascension, equinoxes, meridian passage, Apparent visual magnitude & Absolute visual magnitude, the Spectral types (O, B, A, F, G, K, M), Synodic Period, etc. For years I had been observing the night sky by identifying the stars and the constellations only, but since when I read this Cambridge Pocket Star Atlas I can feel that I am, at least, an amateur astronomer. Buy this one, it's highly recommend.

Great Help in Stargazing

This book was great. It helped me to understand alot about the night sky. This book tells me all about the constellations and other heavenly bodies, such as the Orion Nebulae, the planets, sun and moon. This book is a perfect guide to the heavens for adults and children. Buy this book. It is GREAT.