Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders

by Robert Bruce Thompson and Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Book Overview

With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders offers you a guide to the equipment you need, and shows you how and where to find hundreds of spectacular objects in the deep sky -- double and multiple stars as well as spectacular star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596526857
• ISBN13: 9780596526856
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Make Community, LLC
• Length: 519 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.0" x 9.7"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12