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Prescott Valley Public Library - YANF - Young Adult Area - Nonfiction
520.223 MOO
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From the Book - Regular Print - Sixth edition, new edition.
Foreword / Piers Sellers
Introduction / Sir Patrick Moore
Exploring the universe: Stargazers
Telescopes and the stars
New Horizons
Telescopes of the mountain-tops
The radio Sky
Beyond the Atmosphere
Man in space
Space stations
Orbiting Telescopes
The solar system:The suns family
The Earth in the Solar System
Earth as a planet
Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere
Earth-moon system
Features of the moon
Lunar landscapes
Far side of the moon
Missions to the moon
Clementine, prospector and Smart-1
Moon: First quadrant
Moon: Second quadrant
Moon: Third quadrant
Moon: Fourth quadrant
Planets seen from the earth
Mercury
Features of Mercury
Venus
Mapping Venus
Magellan and Venus experess
Mars
Map of Mars
Missions to Mars
Search for life on Mars
Exploring Mars
Mars: Spirit and Opportunity
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars: Phobos and Deimos
Asteroids
Exceptional asteroids
Jupiter
Changing face of Jupiter
Missions to Jupiter
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Jupiter: Rings and Satellites
Jupiter: Io
Jupiter: Europa, Ganymede and Callistro
Saturn
Rings of Saturn
Missions to Saturn
Saturn: The Cassini Mission
Saturn: Mimas and Enceladus
Saturn:Tethys and Dione
Saturn: Iapetus and Phoebe
Uranus
Missions to Uranus
Satellites of Uranus
Neptune
Satellites of Neptune
Trans Neptunians
Kuiper belt
Comets
Short-period comets
Halley's comet
Great comets
Millennium comets
Comet probes
Meteors
Meteorites
Meteorite craters
Sun: Our star: Sun
Surface of the sun
Solar spectrum
Sun in action
Eclipses of the sun
Stars: Introduction to the stars
Celestial sphere
Distances and movement of the stars
Stars of many kinds
Lives of the stars
Double stars
Variable stars
Exploding stars
Supernovae
Black holes
Stellar clusters
Nebulae
Milky Way
Universe: Realm of the galaxies
Big bang
Local group
Outer galaxies
Active galactic nuclei: quasars
Invisible universe
Astrobiology
Into the future
Spitzer space telescope
Star maps: Whole sky maps
Seasonal charts: North
Seasonal charts: South
Messier catalogue
Caldwell catalogue
Constellations
Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Leo Minor
Ursa Minor, Draco
Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Camelopardalis, Lacerta
Bootes, Corona Borealis, Coma Berenices
Leo, Cancer, Sextans
Virgo, Libra
Hydra, Corvus, Crater
Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila, Scutum, Sagitta, Vulpecula, Delphinus, Equuleus
Hercules
Ophiuchus, Serpens
Scorpius, Sagittarius, Corona Australis
Andromeda, Trangulum, Aries, Perseus
Pegasus, Pisces
Capricornus, Aquarius, Piscis Australis
Cetus, Eridanus (northern), Fornax
Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Monoceros, Lepus, Columba
Taurus, Gemini
Auriga, Lynx
Carina, Vela, Pyxis, Antila, Pictor, Volans, Puppis
Centaurus, Crux, Trangulum Australe, Circinus, Ara, Telescopium, Norma, Lupus
Grus, Phoenix, Tucana, Pavo, Indus, Microscopium, Sculptor
Eridanus (southern), Horologium, Caelum, Dorado, Reticulum, Hydrus, Mensa, Chamaeleon, Musca, Apus, Octans
Practical astronomer: Beginner's guide 1
Beginners guide 2
Telescope Basics
Digital imaging 1
Digital imaging 2
Observatories
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements.
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