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Contents
Introducing astronomy | 1 |
The spinning sky | 10 |
Skywatchers | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Other editions - View all
Patrick Moore's Astronomy: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself Patrick Moore,Percy Seymour Limited preview - 2015 |
Patrick Moore's Astronomy: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself Patrick Moore,Percy Seymour No preview available - 2015 |
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Alpha Andromeda asteroids astronomers atmosphere Auriga axis Belt Beta Betelgeux binary binoculars black hole body Boötes bright brilliant Canis Canopus Carinae celestial sphere centre century clouds comet constellation Corona craters Cygnus dark diagram diameter distance Earth eclipse Epsilon Equatorial escape velocity Galaxy Gamma giant globular clusters hemisphere Hubble Hubble Space Telescope hydrogen Jupiter known less light light-years look luminous lunar magnitude Main Sequence Mars mass massive material Mercury meteor meteorite miles per second Milky million mirror Moon moving round naked eye naked-eye named nebulae Neptune neutron star Northern object Observatory observer open cluster orbital period Orion outer particles passes Pegasus planet planetary Pluto polar pole probe pulsar radio region Rigel rotation round the Sun Sagittarius satellites Saturn Scorpius seen Sirius Solar System southern space spectroscopic spiral Sun's supernova surface telescope temperature Uranus Ursa Major variable Venus Virgo visible Voyager white dwarf