Peterson First Guide to Solar System

Peterson First Guides

by Jay M. Pasachoff, Wil Tirion (Illustrator), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)

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.

Genres: Reference, Science, Nonfiction, Astronomy, Nature, Field Guides, Space

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jennifer]

Review to come.

[Don]

This was an excellent introduction to Astronomy for someone who only knows basic facts about the stars and planets. For only being 124 pages and smaller than a paperback this contained an incredible amount of information, plus it was very readable in common sense language. Great job. Looking forward to using this to observe stars this summer on some camp outs.

[Potatoes]

A good introduction to astronomy. Sometimes the wording is confusing, but it was still good.

[Ramakanth Domada]

Firstly, I am very impressed with its aspect ratio, which is perfect for using it outside during stargazing. This book contains a bit of everything related to night sky, absolutely liked it.

[David]

I picked up this little number in a gift shop while on vacation. I was under some dark skies and needed a basic star map. For such a conveniently tiny book, there is a lot of good basic Astronomy information packed inside. The maps focus on the north and south horizons. For this reason, they are quite challenging to use for the stars straight overhead. The inclusion of a whole circular northern hemisphere map would have helped.

My only other critique is that the full-page illustrations of the constellations would have been much more helpful had they shown the same "imaginary lines" as the horizon maps and if they had pointed out specific stars and objects mentioned in the text.

[Byron 'Giggsy' Paul]

weak. I bought two introductory guides at the same time. I recommend Barron's Pocket Factbook: Astronomy: Essential Facts About the Universe as much better

[Trey Nowell]

Excellent guide for basic astronomy!

[Kara]

A good overview of the solar system but quickly dated by the latest science news.