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

by Michael E. Bakich

January.- February.- March.- April.- May.- June.- July.- August.- September.- October.- November.- December.

Genres: Astronomy, Science

496 pages, Paperback

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!!!