Night Sky

by Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion

How to Identify the Night Sky is divided into easy-to-follow sections. Once you can navigate your way around you can then identify what is visible in the sky on any given night during the year.

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 and other phenomena, including meteors, comets, aurorae and deep-sky objects.

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, and a list of interesting objects. This is the only guide to the night sky you will need.

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Space, Nonfiction, Reference

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 The information on planets' positions is, of course, outdated, unless perhaps there is a newer edition than the latest edition listed on Goodreads (2013).