Title: Burnham’s Celestial Handbook – In Three Volumes
An Observer’s Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System

Author: Robert Burnham, Jr.

Classification: Books Nonfiction Astronomy

Publication Information: Dover Publications, Inc., New York (Copyright 1966, 1978 by Robert Burnham, Jr. This Dover edition, first published in 1978, is an expanded and updated republication of the work originally published by Celestial Handbook Publications, Az., in 1966).

Additional Information: 2138 pages (continuous page numbering in all vols.) Illustrated with hundreds of charts and visual aids and over 600 photographs. ISBN 13: 9780486240633.

Summary: Volume One: Andromeda Through Cetus. Volume Two: Chamaeleon Through Orion. Volume Three: Pavo Through Vulpecula. This unique and necessary reference is a guide for the amateur and advanced astronomers in their knowledge and enjoyment of the stars. Volume I has an extensive introduction, which gives the beginner enough information to follow about 80% of the body of material. The author gives comprehensive coverage to the thousands of celestial objects outside our solar system that are within the range of telescopes in the two- to twelve- inch range. The objects are grouped according to the constellations in which they appear. There are excellent descriptive notes. They cover history, unusual movements or appearances and more.

Condition: Hardcover, all have dust wrappers. All are very good. Dust wrappers show slight wear with light discoloring on the edges.

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