Philip's Stargazing 2024 Month-by-Month Guide to the Night Sky Britain & Ireland

by Nigel Henbest

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 10, 2023

About the author

Educated in Northern Ireland and at Leicester University where he studied physics, chemistry and astronomy. He did postgraduate work at the University of Cambridge but left to become a science writer. He has written 36 books and over 1,000 articles on astronomy and space many of them in collaboration with Heather Couper. Previously he has been Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association and media consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Along with Couper and Stuart Carter, director of the Channel 4 series The Stars he set up Pioneer Productions and now develops ideas and proposals for that company.

Reviews

[Francesca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Informative for sure and will be undoubtedly useful but felt dry at times.

Was disappointed to see that almost all of the images included were taken by men and then, when one was finally included by a woman, almost immediately her husband was also mentioned as responsible as if she requires support or as if the author needed to make clear it wasn’t just her. I am very sure there is the work of many women available for inclusion

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to follow and very informative. I used it to identify the bright 'star' appearing close to the quarter Moon on 18th January as the planet Jupiter. I will use the book to follow other celestial events throughout the year.

[John Ollerton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Christmas Present from Michael. Will use throughout the year in our Thakeham dark skies area.

[Chris Cloake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good every year, wouldn't be without it.