Publisher's Synopsis
The 30th edition of this guide to the stars features an introduction by the Astronomer Royal. In addition it includes the usual star charts and data for both hemispheres, and articles: David Allen on desert astronomers; John Fletcher on a guide to stellar photography; Paul Murdin on the planets of interstellar space; Ron Ham on detecting solar radio waves; David Gavine on photographing the Aurora; Ron Maddison on active and adaptive optics; and Allan Chapman on G.B. Airy, Britain's first professional astronomer.
