Fundamental Astronomy

Fundamental Astronomy (1984–2007) is an astronomy textbook by Finnish author Hannu Karttunen of University of Turku; Pekka Kröger and Heikki Oja of University of Helsinki; Markku Poutanen of Finnish Geodetic Institute; and Karl Johan Donner of University of Helsinki. The first edition was published in Finnish by Ursa, Helsinki, 1984, and later published in English by Springer. The 5th edition was published in 2007. It is illustrated with more than 400 images, including 36 color plates. There are many pages on solar system, the Milky Way, galaxies, and cosmology.