Book contents
- A Question and Answer Guide to AstronomySecond Edition
- A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- The Sky Viewed from Earth
- The Earth and Moon System
- The Sun and the Solar System
- Stars and Stellar Systems
- Galaxies and the Universe
- Life in the Universe
- Amateur Astronomy and Citizen Science
- Telescopes
- Unit conversion and basic physical and astronomical measurements
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2017
Book contents
- A Question and Answer Guide to AstronomySecond Edition
- A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Frontispiece
- The Sky Viewed from Earth
- The Earth and Moon System
- The Sun and the Solar System
- Stars and Stellar Systems
- Galaxies and the Universe
- Life in the Universe
- Amateur Astronomy and Citizen Science
- Telescopes
- Unit conversion and basic physical and astronomical measurements
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy , pp. 328 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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