EBK FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY
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Author: Backman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 17, Problem 4LTL
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The objects that are near, far, very far by color, object type and their location and the number of objects that are stars.
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