The Astronomy Encyclopedia covers the full width and breadth of the discipline, and includes the latest and most important advances. There are more than three thousand alphabetically organized articles accompanied by five hundred stunning color and black and white photographs, star maps, and diagrams, The Encyclopedia is aimed at both the researcher and general enthusiast who wants to. More than one hundred astronomers from leading universities and observatories, each an expert in a specialized area of the field, wrote and reviewed the entries to ensure their accuracy. Sir Patrick Moore, distinguished astronomer and longtime host of the popular BBC television program The Sky at Night, served as the general editor.
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author with this name. Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, Hon FRS, FRAS, known as Patrick Moore, was an English amateur astronomer, who is the most well known English promoter of astronomy. Moore wrote numerous books on the subject, as well as make public, television and radio appearances, over the course of his long life. He is credited as having done more than any other to raise the profile of astronomy among the British general public.
