Night Sky

by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion

An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night. Designed as a comprehensive introduction for the beginner and those who want to find out more, How to Identify the Night Sky covers everything that can be seen with the naked eye and binoculars, as well as what is visible using a small telescope. There are sections on how to observe and understand the objects that comprise the night sky, the moon, the movements of the stars and planets throughout the year and astronomical events. The constellations are given a comprehensive treatment. For each one there is a chart, a photograph, a description of its features and history, the best dates and times of visibility, the mythological representation and a list of interesting objects.

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Reference, Space, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Michael Toleno · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great beginner's field guide for naked-eye astronomy, also suitable for users of binoculars and small telescopes. Unfortunately, as is the case for many such books, it is biased toward far Northern Hemisphere observers and makes almost no mention of southern constellations. It has good introductory information and one-page articles on every significant (non-southern) constellation, along with many charts. The information on planets' positions is, of course, outdated, unless perhaps there is a newer edition than the latest edition listed on Goodreads (2013).