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Astronomy

Astronomy

by Ian Ridpath

1991StarsAstronomyCharts, diagramsConstellations
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StarsAstronomyCharts, diagramsConstellations
First published 1991

About the author

Ian Ridpath
Ian Ridpath

1947-05-01

**Ian William Ridpath** is an English science writer and broadcaster best known as a popularizer of astronomy and a biographer of constellation history. As a UFO sceptic, he investigated and explained the [Rendlesham Forest Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_Incident "Rendlesham Forest Incident") of December 1980. — [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian_Ridpath&oldid=1352785391)

Author

Ian Ridpath

First published

1991

Pages

300

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Smithmark Publishers

ISBN

9780831704766

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