Stars and planets
Publisher: Igloo Books Ltd.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sywell UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781848173194
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Universe; Astronomy; Juvenile literature; Planets; Stars
Description: Explores our wonderful universe. It explains why we have day and night and seasons and why the Moon looks difference each night. It visits others worlds in our Solar System and takes us into deep space to see nebulae and galaxies. We see how stars are born, how they live and how they die. We travel far beyond the Milky Way to find huge cities of stars.
Notes: On cover: Explore our galaxy and beyond.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the universe; title: Day & night; title: Years & seasons; title: Light pollution; title: Moon; title: Sun; title: Eclipse of the sun; title: Eclipse of the moon; title: Mercury; title: Venus; title: Mars; title: Jupiter; title: Saturn; title: Uranus, Neptune & Pluto; title: Asteroids; title: Comets; title: Aurorae; title: Stars; title: Nebulae; title: Galaxies; title: People in space; title: Robots in space; title: Northern hemisphere; title: sky windows; title: Southern hemisphere; title: sky windows; title: Constellation close-up; title: Visual guide to the sky; title: Naked-eye astronomy; title: Ways to observe; title: Glossary.