Book Slim 12 mo., softcover, as new in blue and yellow pictorial wraps.

Book Slim 12 mo., softcover, as new in blue and yellow pictorial wraps. Author is professor of astronomy. This concise field guide to the planets, sun, comets and other objects in our solar system is illustrated throughout in color. Budding astronomers--backyard or armchair--will learn not only where to look for the planets in the nighttime sky but also how space missions to the planets and their moons have increased our understanding of Earth, its atmosphere, and the moon. More than 100 spectacular color photographs, including views from the Hubble Space Telescope of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, as well as the latest Voyager photographs of Neptune. The latest scientific information on other solar systems and extraterrestrial life, charts showing where to find the planets in the night sky, and much more. 128 pp. including index.