Long out of print, the
much-loved autobiography of
celebrated comet-hunter Leslie
Peltier is being
reissued on the 100th
anniversary of his birth. In a career
spanning six decades and using telescopes from 2 to 12 inches in diameter, Peltier discovered a dozen comets and six novae and made more than 100,000 observations of variable stars. In Starlight Nights he recalls these achievements and reflects on the meaning of observational astronomy as well as all of nature. This new edition features an introduction by
Sky & Telescope magazine contributing editor David H. Levy plus 16 black-and-white photographs from the Peltier family archives..
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