What's the best Astronomy text for self teaching?

Spaceship
Wed, 13 Nov 2013 02:27:35 +0000

I really want to take Astronomy classes, but I cannot. It won’t give me anything towards my degree (I only need one physical science, and I am required to take Physics for my major, so that is how the requirement is to be filled), and my adviser says that I have zero room for classes that don’t further my degree, since I’m in a high unit major. I really want to learn some basic Astronomy, though, and the school (De Anza College) does allow students to purchase tickets to the awesome huge planetarium. So, if I got a good textbook and bought some tickets, I could still learn a lot. Anyone know what book I should buy?