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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Dk Pub
Publication date September 1, 1998
Pages 224
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780789435606
ISBN-10 0789435608
Dimensions 1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $29.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A practical guide to the vast, dark night sky for novice astronomers offers information about all eighty-eight constellations of the northern and southern skies and provides simple star charts for easy identification. (view table of contents)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A practical guide to the night sky that can be used by amateur astronomers anywhere in the world, this book features entries on all 88 constellations of the northern and southern hemisphere skies and a set of clear, easy-to-use star charts. Full color.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780691089126 Book cover for 9780789435606
 
With Wil Tirion | from Princeton Univ Pr (January 1, 2001)
9780691089126 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $65.00
About: In this new edition of their classic guide, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion bring the night sky down to earth with brand new sky charts, diagrams, and photos that enrich the clear, engaging text.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Greenwich Royal Observatory (other contributor), Amie Gallagher | from Dk Pub (September 1, 1998)
9780789435606 | details & prices | 224 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Offers information about all eighty-eight constellations of the northern and southern skies and provides simple star charts for easy identification
Paperback
Book cover for 9780691089133 Book cover for 9780789435217 Book cover for 9781405357968
 
from Gardners Books (July 1, 2010)
9781405357968 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $16.90
About: This is a new edition of the clearest, most authoritative guide to stars and planets you will find.
With Wil Tirion | from Princeton Univ Pr (January 8, 2001)
9780691089133 | details & prices | 400 pages | 4.75 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A new edition provides the basics of astronomical observation; the astrophysics behind stars, galaxies, comets, and our solar system; and month-to-month full-hemisphere maps of the night sky.
With Greenwich Royal Observatory (other contributor), Amie Gallagher | from Dk Pub (September 1, 1998)
9780789435217 | details & prices | 224 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $18.95
About: Offers information about all eighty-eight constellations of the northern and southern skies and provides simple star charts for easy identification
Library
Book cover for 9780865927612
 
from Rourke Pub Group (November 1, 1982)
9780865927612 | details & prices | List price $12.66
About: In this new edition of their classic guide, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion bring the night sky down to earth with brand new sky charts, diagrams, and photos that enrich the clear, engaging text.

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