Our Neighbor Stars: Including Brown Dwarfs

By Thomas Wm. Hamilton

The sky's the limit in the fascinating book Our Neighbor Stars: Including Brown Dwarfs. The book presents all known information on the 100 stars nearest Earth, as well as the brown dwarfs within the range covered by these stars. Learn where (and whether) the stars are visible in the sky, who discovered them and how they were discovered. Read all about the stars' sizes, colors, presence of any planets, and the constellations where the stars are located. All the information is indexed, so particular types of stars can be easily found.

About the Author: Thomas Wm. Hamilton has wanted to work in astronomy since he was five years old. Now retired, he taught astronomy for 32 years, and has worked for the Apollo program and in the planetarium field. His last book was Useful Star Names and his next is an anthology featuring his science fiction stories. The author grew up in San Francisco and now resides on Staten Island, New York.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618971328
• ISBN13: 9781618971326
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"