Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System is a great way to learn about the night sky.    

What does this book cover?

This new edition of Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System is Volume 114 in the famed Princeton Field Guides series. It is authoritative, approachable and entertaining to read.

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System – Updated and Expanded Edition covers topics like:

• The latest discoveries in extrasolar planets and exoplanet imaging
• Online updates of new planetary discoveries
• A guide to choosing telescopes, binoculars and other optical aids
• A detailed atlas of the Moon
• A catalogue of the sky’s visible stars and other phenomena
• Charts of all 88 constellations

About the Authors  

Wil Tirion has been called the best celestial map-maker in the world today. He has illustrated many books, such as The Cambridge Star Atlas. Ian Ridpath is a well-known scholar and the author and / or editor of many books on astronomy. these include the Oxford dictionary of Astronomy.

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System – Updated and Expanded Edition is a great introduction to astronomy.