Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide To The Universe Beyond The Solar System (Three Volumes)

Local Description

One of the most classical handbooks for anyone who has an interest to stars and our universe. 

Typed version in three volumes. All are in very good condition, sound and clean. The dust jackets are slightly shelf-worn, and the one to the third volume with a tiny hole on the spine. 

Description

While there are many books on stars, there is only one Celestial Handbook. Completely revised through 1977, this unique and necessary reference is available once again to guide amateur and advanced astronomers in their knowledge and enjoyment of the stars.

The joy of the book is the descriptive notes that follow. They cover history, unusual movements or appearance, and currently accepted explanations of such visible phenomena as white dwarfs, novae and super novae, cepheids, mira-type variables, dark nebulae, gaseous nebulae, eclipsing binary stars, the large Magellanic cloud, the evolution of a star cluster, and hundreds of other topics, many of which are difficult to find in one place. Hundreds of charts and other visual aids are included to help in identification. Over 300 photographs capture the objects and are works of beauty that reflect the enthusiasm that star gazers have for their subject.

Author description

Robert Burnham, Jr., who was on the staff of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, conceived the idea of The Celestial Handbook decades ago, when he began assembling a notebook of all the major facts published about each celestial object. In its former, privately printed edition, this handbook was acclaimed as one of the most helpful books for astronomers on any level.