Astronomy for Amateurs

by Flammarion, Camille

Camille Flammarion's beloved introduction to the night sky, written to make the heavens accessible to anyone willing to look up.

At a glance Warm, poetic, and clear, it invites the curious to know the stars, planets, and comets… Few writers have loved the sky as openly as Camille Flammarion, and few have worked so… In this genial guide he takes the reader by the arm and leads them out under the stars… What it's about The book is a tour of the visible universe for the ordinary observer.

The book is a tour of the visible universe for the ordinary observer. Flammarion moves through the Sun and Moon, the planets and their motions, comets, meteors, and the distant fields of stars, explaining what they are…