SKU: BBB-0291
SCIENCE - ASTRONOMY - COMETS - COLLECTIBLE
The Comet Hale-Bopp Book: Guide to an Awe-Inspiring Visitor from Deep Space
| Author | Thomas Hockey |
| Publisher | ATL Press, Inc. / Science Publishers, Inc., Shrewsbury MA |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Edition | First Edition — ATL Press 1996 |
| Binding | Paperback (trade) |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Genre | SCIENCE / Astronomy / Comets / Collectible |
| BriteBound SKU | BBB-0291 |
About This Book
The Comet Hale-Bopp Book: Guide to an Awe-Inspiring Visitor from Deep Space. By Thomas Hockey. Foreword by Thomas Bopp (co-discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp). ATL Press, Inc., Science Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 4563 T Station, Shrewsbury MA 01545 U.S.A. Copyright © 1996 by Thomas Hockey. ISBN (cloth): 1-882360-14-1; ISBN (softcover): 1-882360-15-X. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 96-86322. Frontiers in Astronomy and Earth Science series, ISSN 1088-9221, Volume 1. Dedicated 'To my step-daughters Sarah, Jeanne, and Michael.' Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. Foreword by Thomas Bopp — the amateur astronomer who co-discovered the comet in 1995. Hale-Bopp was the Great Comet of 1997 — one of the most widely observed comets in history, visible to the naked eye for 18 months. This first edition with Bopp's own foreword is a collectible piece of comet history. Very good condition.