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Product Description: Philip's Stargazing 2015 is a concise guide to the northern-hemisphere night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. The guide is suitable for use between latitudes 40 N and 60 N, including Britain and Ireland, Europe as far south as Rome, and Canada and the northern USA as far south as Philadelphia...read more

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9781849073356 | Gardners Books, October 6, 2014, cover price $11.45 | About this edition: Philip's Stargazing 2015 is a concise guide to the northern-hemisphere night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
9781849072908 | Gardners Books, October 7, 2013, cover price $11.85 | About this edition: Philip's Stargazing 2014 is a concise guide to the northern night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events!

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9781554073252 | Firefly Books Ltd, October 12, 2007, cover price $59.95

Paperback:

9781554075379 | Firefly Books Ltd, August 28, 2009, cover price $29.95

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9788449321375 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, November 1, 2008), cover price $46.95

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Product Description: Philip's Stargazing 2013 is a concise guide to the northern night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.The guide is suitable for use between latitudes 40N and 60N, including Britain and Ireland, Europe as far south as Rome, and Canada and the northern USA as far south as Philadelphia...read more

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9781849072359 | Gardners Books, October 1, 2012, cover price $11.85 | About this edition: Philip's Stargazing 2013 is a concise guide to the northern night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
9780540090273 | Philip''s, October 20, 2007, cover price $10.80 | About this edition: A guide to the night sky, helping starwatchers to see events, whether observing with the naked eye or with a telescope.

A pictorial journey through the universe, this work shows us such startling sights as butterfly nebulae, sun plasma loops, gas pillars, young stars and whole galaxies. It offers detailed images of planets' surfaces, craters and atmosphere. These images from the Cassini mission focus in on Saturn's beautiful rings and moons.

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9781844034376 | Cassell Illustrated, August 15, 2007, cover price $53.45 | About this edition: A pictorial journey through the universe, this work shows us such startling sights as butterfly nebulae, sun plasma loops, gas pillars, young stars and whole galaxies.
9781592236992 | Thunder Bay Pr, October 20, 2006, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Universe: Stunning Satellite Imagery from Outer Space

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Divided into themed sections and with practical tips for the amateur astronomer, this reference offers charts and cross-sections of images, as well as 'find out more' boxes to promote further reading. There are also a practical instructions on how to make a simple telescope.

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9781405301091 | New edition (Gardners Books, July 3, 2003), cover price $32.10 | About this edition: Divided into themed sections and with practical tips for the amateur astronomer, this reference offers charts and cross-sections of images, as well as 'find out more' boxes to promote further reading.

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Product Description: -- Full color illustrations and 100-200 interesting facts about each topic-- Ideal field guides for both adults and children

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9780613994064 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2002, cover price $14.50 | About this edition: -- Full color illustrations and 100-200 interesting facts about each topic-- Ideal field guides for both adults and children
9780613365550 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Aimed at beginning stargazers, discusses the comets, planets, meteors, and stars that can be viewed in the night sky.

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Product Description: The ultimate adrenaline trip through the Universe, to explore the most violent objects in space and time. Beginning with the many worlds recently discovered. Mysterious Universe visits the most inhospitable planets in the Universe...read more

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9780752261638 | Channel 4 Book, February 1, 2002, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: The ultimate adrenaline trip through the Universe, to explore the most violent objects in space and time.

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Features tips on observing the heavens and presents facts on the constellations, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, eclipses, and artificial satellites. (view table of contents)

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9780831763756, titled "Spotter's Guide to the Night Sky" | Wh Smith Pub, September 1, 1979, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Features tips on observing the heavens and presents facts on the constellations, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, eclipses, and artificial satellites

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9780794501792 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2001, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Features tips on observing the heavens and presents facts on the constellations, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, eclipses, and artificial satellites.
9780831763763, titled "Spotter's Guide to the Night Sky" | Wh Smith Pub, September 1, 1979, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Features tips on observing the heavens and presents facts on the constellations, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteors, eclipses, and artificial satellites

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9780752272559 | Pan Macmillan, March 1, 2001, cover price $22.99

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A comprehensive guide to astronomy and space travel produced in association with the American Museum of Natural History is arranged by such topics as 'Observing the Universe,' 'Exploring Space,' 'Planets & Moons,' 'Stars & Beyond,' and 'Practical Stargazing.' Children's BOMC. 35,000 first printing.

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9780789447081 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1999, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: A comprehensive guide to astronomy and space travel includes advice on practical stargazing
9780789408815 | Cdr edition (Dk Pub, June 1, 1999), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive guide to astronomy and space travel includes advice on practical stargazing

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Product Description: Hardback (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780860202844 | Edc Pub, June 1, 1989, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Aimed at beginning stargazers, discusses the comets, planets, meteors, and stars that can be viewed in the night sky.
9780860202844 | Edc Pub, June 1, 1989, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Aimed at beginning stargazers, discusses the comets, planets, meteors, and stars that can be viewed in the night sky.

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9780881109870 | Edc Pub, September 1, 1998, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Hardback

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Two award-winning science writers present to young readers a journey into the question about life in outer space, from theories about life on Mars, to the codes and messages sent from Earth into space, to the latest data from astronomers.

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9780789427984 | Dk Pub, March 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explores the possibility of life on other planets from both scientific and mythological perspectives

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Dramatic full-color photographs and artwork, accompanied by an informative text, captions, and annotations, provide an accessible introduction to the theories about the origins and history of the universe.

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9780789414847 | Dk Pub, June 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explores the Big Bang theory of how the universe may have begun

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Looks at each of the planets in the solar system and describes the birth of a star, asteroids, meteorites, and comets
By Studio Boni (illustrator), Galante Cecchi (illustrator), Lorenzo Cecchi (illustrator), Galante (corporate author), Nigel Henbest and James R. Zimbelman

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9780721456829 | Ladybird Books, March 1, 1997, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Looks at each of the planets in the solar system and describes the birth of a star, asteroids, meteorites, and comets

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Explains how infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray astronomy are increasing our knowledge of the universe, and discusses the solar system, galaxies, and the birth and death of stars (view table of contents)

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9780521403245 | 2 sub edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1996), cover price $88.99 | About this edition: Explains how infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray astronomy are increasing our knowledge of the universe, and discusses the solar system, galaxies, and the birth and death of stars
9780521256834 | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, December 1, 1983), cover price $39.50 | also contains A Bowlful of Broth: Nourishing Recipes for Bone Broths and Other Restorative Soups | About this edition: Explains how infrared radio, ultraviolet, and x-ray astronomy are increasing our knowledge of the universe, and discusses the solar system, galaxies, and the birth and death of stars

Paperback:

9780521408714 | 2 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1996), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Explains how infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray astronomy are increasing our knowledge of the universe, and discusses the solar system, galaxies, and the birth and death of stars

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Discusses how we know about black holes, how they affect matter around them, and what would happen if you got inside one

Hardcover:

9780789404510 | Dk Pub, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses how we know about black holes, how they affect matter around them, and what would happen if you got inside one

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Hardcover:

9783764352356 | Gardners Books, March 28, 1996, cover price $40.15

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Shows images gathered by space probes for each of the nine planets, and summarizes our current knowledge of each world

Paperback:

9780140134148 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 1994), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Shows images gathered by space probes for each of the nine planets, and summarizes our current knowledge of each world

Hardcover:

9780521306225 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1994, cover price $54.95

Paperback:

9780521458825 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1994, cover price $27.95

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Shows how to make projects and experiments that illustrate facts about the Moon, the Solar System, the Sun, the stars, and the galaxies

Hardcover:

9780895775764 | Readers Digest, May 1, 1994, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Shows how to make projects and experiments that illustrate facts about the Moon, the Solar System, the Sun, the stars, and the galaxies

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A popular science picture book uses computer graphics to create a journey through space and time and to trace the hypothetical history of the cosmos from the Big Bang to the end of the universe.
By Philip Chudy (photographer) and Nigel Henbest

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9780025509214 | Macmillan Pub Co, April 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Uses computer graphics to create a journey through space and time, tracing the hypothetical history of the cosmos from the Big Bang to the end of the universe

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Examines the history, development, and operation of telescopes, where observatories are located, and some of the startling discoveries made by telescopes detecting radio, gamma, and ultraviolet waves.

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9780531103616 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1987, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Discusses telescopes and observations and how they are used in studying astronomy

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Surveys developments in manned and unmanned space exploration, from the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957 to space probes such as Pioneer and Voyager to possible future missions to the stars.

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9780531103609 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1987, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Discusses the history and use of manned and unmanned spacecraft in space exploration

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