Jones, Brian

Text and illustrations describe the night sky with 70 diagrams, photographs, and maps.

Discusses the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors that make up the solar system.

An illustrated guide, with star charts and photographs, for identifying stars, constellations and galaxies.

Outlines the finer points of meteor and sun observation, hunting for comets and novas, following the complete lunar cycle and observing the surface of the moon, as well as pinpointing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. Detailed charts illustrate the positions of the stars in each season, and informative appendices include lists of constellations and stars and a comprehensive glossary.

Examines outer space and the stars, planets, systems, and other phenomena to be observed there.