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Burnhams Celestial Handbook Volume 3

By Burnham, Robert Jr

Burnhams Celestial Handbook Volume 3

By Burnham, Robert Jr

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Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System by Robert Burnham Jr., Volume Three (3), PAVO Through VULPECULA, First Published by Dover Publications Inc. in 1978, FINE/NEAR FINE. There is a tiny stain on the page edges. Otherwise an Exceptionally Nice Book and Dust Jacket. The dust jacket has been placed in an archival, clear, Mylar jacket for further protection and preservation. While there are many books on stars, there is only one Celestial Handbook. Now completely revised, this unique and necessary reference is available once again to guide amatuer astronomers in their knowledge and enjoyment of the stars. This is the Third and Final Volume of the Celestial Handbook, covering the constellations Pavo through Vulpecula.The book covers history, unusual movements or appearances and currently accepted explanations of such visible phenomena as white dwarfs, Novae and supernovae, cephedis, mira-type variables, dark nebulae,gaseous nebulae, eclipsing binary stars, the large Magellanic cloud, the evolution of a star cluster, and hundreds of other topics. This third Volume (3rd) starts at page 1351 and ends at page 2138. A Simply FASCINATING Volume! B-1
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Number of Pages:
2138
Publication Date:
1978
Publisher:
DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
0486240657
Weight:
1202 g
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