Peterson First Guide to Astronomy

Peterson First Guides

by Jay M. Pasachoff, Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Wil Tirion (Illustrator)

A basic field guide for beginning observers of the night sky, introducing information on the locations, names, and characteristics of stars, constellations, and other bodies in outer space.

Genres: Reference, Science, Nonfiction, Astronomy, Nature, Field Guides, Space

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review to come.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent introduction to Astronomy for someone who only knows basic facts about the stars and planets. For only being 124 pages and smaller than a paperback this contained an incredible amount of information, plus it was very readable in common sense language. Great job. Looking forward to using this to observe stars this summer on some camp outs.

[Potatoes · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introduction to astronomy. Sometimes the wording is confusing, but it was still good.

[Ramakanth Domada · Rating 4 out of 5]

Firstly, I am very impressed with its aspect ratio, which is perfect for using it outside during stargazing. This book contains a bit of everything related to night sky, absolutely liked it.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this little number in a gift shop while on vacation. I was under some dark skies and needed a basic star map. For such a conveniently tiny book, there is a lot of good basic Astronomy information packed inside. The maps focus on the north and south horizons. For this reason, they are quite challenging to use for the stars straight overhead. The inclusion of a whole circular northern hemisphere map would have helped.

My only other critique is that the full-page illustrations of the constellations would have been much more helpful had they shown the same "imaginary lines" as the horizon maps and if they had pointed out specific stars and objects mentioned in the text.

[Byron 'Giggsy' Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

weak. I bought two introductory guides at the same time. I recommend Barron's Pocket Factbook: Astronomy: Essential Facts About the Universe as much better

[Trey Nowell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guide for basic astronomy!

[Kara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of the solar system but quickly dated by the latest science news.