1,001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die: The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers

by Michael E. Bakich

This guide to the night sky's brightest and most fascinating objects features celestial bodies that are accessible to amateur astronomers using medium-sized telescopes. With its chronological target list, you can enjoy sky-watching on any night of your choice.

Genres: Astronomy, Science

493 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Aron · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author wrote this book to answer the frequent astronomy question of “What should I look at tonight?” It’s organized by month to help readers narrow down their search. Unfortunately, within a given month, I didn’t catch any sort of additional organization. For a beginner like me, a priority ranking (or even just a top 10), or a “size of scope required” ranking would have been very appreciated - versus the current pile of 75-100 objects, their descriptions, and some photographs. I could also see a location-based structure being useful for more advanced readers who have already seen the easiest/best objects already.

This is probably a useful resource for somewhat experienced amateur astronomers with a few scopes available, but I’m not the target audience at this time. I could see coming back to this in the future and giving it a more fair shot.

[David Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive review of over 1000 celestial sights. Some description are a bit too brief. I read 3 per day for most days of the year.

[Regina Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pictures are just AMAZING!!!