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Click to enlargeBurnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Volume Two

Robert Burnham, Jr.
Our Price$19.95New!(Table of Contents)
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ISBN: 0486235688
Page Count: 700
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
This comprehensive coverage of the thousands of celestial objects outside our solar system. The objects are grouped according to constellation, and their definitions feature names, coordinates, classification, and physical description, along with hundreds of visual aids. Volume II of the three-volume work ontains entries from Chamaeleon to Orion.

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