"Since this book has been on my shelf, I have used it as a first port of call when I needed a concise explanation of a topic. I have yet to have to put it down and use another text." Astronomy Now

• 1 The Celestial Sphere.- 2 The Earth and Time.- 3 The Telescope.- 4 Modern Developments in Instrumentation.- 5 Gravitation.- 6 The Moon.- 7 The Inferior Planets.- 8 The Planet Mars.- 9 The Planet Jupiter.- 10 The Planet Saturn.- 11 The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.- 12 The Debris of the Solar System.- 13 The Comets.- 14 The Sun.- 15 Electromagnetic Radiation.- 16 The Star.- 17 Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.- 18 Stellar Evolution.- 19 Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets.- >20 Violent Stars.- 21 The Galaxies.- 22 Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.- Glossary of Terms.- Answers to the Numerical 1.1 Questions.

"Since this book has been on my shelf, I have used it as a first port of call when I needed a concise explanation of a topic. I have yet to have to put it down and use another text." Astronomy Now

• 1 The Celestial Sphere.- 2 The Earth and Time.- 3 The Telescope.- 4 Modern Developments in Instrumentation.- 5 Gravitation.- 6 The Moon.- 7 The Inferior Planets.- 8 The Planet Mars.- 9 The Planet Jupiter.- 10 The Planet Saturn.- 11 The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.- 12 The Debris of the Solar System.- 13 The Comets.- 14 The Sun.- 15 Electromagnetic Radiation.- 16 The Star.- 17 Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.- 18 Stellar Evolution.- 19 Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets.- >20 Violent Stars.- 21 The Galaxies.- 22 Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.- Glossary of Terms.- Answers to the Numerical 1.1 Questions.