Astronomy in Color

by Peter Lancaster Brown

A concise guide providing all the significant information for a complete understanding of the subject at all levels of Interest. The book explains our present knowledge of the solar system, the stars and galaxies and many other Celestial phenomena including pulsars, quasars, and black holes in space. The 80 pages of full color illustrations include a selection of astronomical photographs from British, American, and Australian sources, many diagrammatic and informative drawings by John W. Wood and a series of detailed multicolored star charts covering the entire northern and southern hemispheres, designed to assist constellation, star and Planet recognition. The text is provided through out with line drawings, and the comprehensive appendices contain list of well-known celestial objects suitable for naked eye observation and for binoculars and small telescopes.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Astronomy

263 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Peter Lancaster Brown was born in Yorkshire in 1927, and has travelled the world, working in turn as a surveyor, geologist, miner, beachcomber, engineer, prospector, biologist and free-lance writer. He liver for a number of years in the Australian Outback and then spent a hazardous year on a remove Antarctic island.

Reviews

[Pete daPixie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The universe in a pocket sized book. Some nice colour plates. Light pollution being the one thing that has stopped me purchasing some large telescope.