The Night Sky Companion A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2009 /

The Night Sky Companion is far more than just an observing guide. It is a years journey into the science and facts of astronomy and space travel, along with some of its history and the men and women who made it. If youre a sky watcher equipped with any kind of astronomical telescope, binoculars, o...

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Main Author: Plotner, Tammy. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Series:Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79509-6
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