Astronomy

Provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact-and has jumped light years ahead in terms of new information and visual impact.

The best A-Z encyclopedia for enthusiastic skywatchers - comprehensive, authoritative and accessible. Includes more than 3000 A-Z articles on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics; 500 colour photographs and explanatory diagrams; tables list brightest stars, nearest stars, Messier objects, Caldwell objects, and surface features of the Moon and terrestrial planets.

Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an overview of their importance. A link to this can be found at www.cambridge.org/solarsystem.

This book is for two groups of people: those who want to study the remote planets with amateur astronomical equipment, and those who are just interested in learning about our knowledge of the remote planets. The Remote Planets, and How to Observe them is unique in that it gives a completely up-to-date summary of our current knowledge of the remote planets, and also explains how amateur astronomers can contribute to our knowledge of the remote planets.