Books with title Estrellas y planetas / Stars and Planets

Published in associaiton with America's preeminent authority, the Smithsonian Institution. The clearest, most accessible guide to observingand understanding the night sky. Packed with easy-to-use charts & diagrams for accurate identification of all constellations, stars & planets. Concise & jargon-free text explains what to llo for and where, & describes each feature in detail.

Questions such as What causes day and night? Why does the moon look different on different nights? Is the sun a star? and How many planets are there? are answered in this book for curious children. Full of facts about the earth, the moon, the sun, the stars, the galaxy, and the other planets, this informative picture book contains activities, a cartoon, a poem, a foldout page, and a mini quiz to make young learners real experts

In this new edition of their classic guide, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion bring the night sky down to earth with brand new sky charts, diagrams, and photos that enrich the clear, engaging text. Stars and Planets will delight both latent astronomers who have yet to touch a telescope and the more star-savvy who have spent many a night outside craning their necks behind a lens.The introduction presents the basics of astronomical observation while answering such questions as: How did constellations come to be? Do the stars within them have anything to do with one another? Do stars really flicker? Next comes the book's centerpiece: an excellent series of maps of the night sky from hemisphere to hemisphere, month to month and, above all, charts showing all 88 constellations, including some 5,000 stars. The text vividly relates the human history behind each constellation and notes their most prominent stars while offering sundry stimulating facts.The second section focuses on the astrophysics behind stars, galaxies, the sun, the planets, comets and meteors, and more. Striking full-color photos, maps, and illustrations appear on almost every page. The guide concludes with helpful tips on the optical tools of the trade and on astrophotography. Astrophysicists and amateur skywatchers agree that Stars and Planets is simply the most user-friendly, compact source of celestial information available. No one should leave home at night without it.Up-to-date full-color photos and data, including recent planetary imagesMonthly maps of the night sky as seen from latitudes throughout the worldCharts of all 88 constellations, with data and notes on bright stars and other objects of interestIllustrated introduction to stars, nebulae, galaxies, and the solar systemAdvice on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes

Explore the wonders of our world in this introduction to outer space. Planets, moons, asteroids, and aliens will capture children's imaginations as they learn about our solar system and beyond. Easy-to-understand text, simple experiments, top facts, and true or false questions, such as: What is a star? And is the moon a planet? combine to give a lively first introduction to science topics.