The latest edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion's popular guide to the night sky is updated for planet positions and forthcoming eclipses up to the end of the year 2007. With one chapter for each month of the year, this is an easy-to-use handbook for anyone wanting to identify constellations, star clusters, nebulae, to plot the movement of planets, or witness solar and lunar eclipses. Most of the features discussed are visible to the naked eye and all can be seen with a small telescope or binoculars. Ian Ridpath has been a full-time writer, broadcaster and lecturer on astronomy and space for more than twenty-five years. He has written and edited more than 40 books, including A Comet Called Haley (Cambridge, 1985). Wil Tirion made his first star map in 1977. It showed stars to the magnitude of 6.5 and was issued as a set of maps by the British Astronomical Association in 1981. He has illustrated numerous books and magazines, including The Cambridge Star Atlas (Cambridge, 2001). Previous Edition Pb (1999): 0-521-66771-2
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"...one of the best beginner's guides." Practical Observer
"One of the most usable guides to the night sky, this book includes easy tips on how to recognize star patterns, measure angles, and trace the shape of the milky way." ls Discover Magazine, October, 2003
"One of the most usable guides to the night sky, this book includes easy tips on how to recognize star patterns, measure angles, and trace the shape of the milky way." ls Discover Magazine, October, 2003
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The sixth edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion's famous guide to the night sky is updated for planet positions and forthcoming eclipses up to the end of the year 2007. With one chapter for each month of the year, this is an easy-to-use handbook for anyone wanting to identify constellations, star clusters, nebulae, to plot the movement of planets, or to witness solar and lunar eclipses. Most of the features discussed are visible to the naked eye and all can be seen with a small telescope or binoculars.
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This book has enough detail to keep you busy for each month of the year and is easy to understand for a beginner. Anyone with a small telescope should consider this guide for their first step.
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Sirius, the jewel of the winter sky, glitters brilliantly in the south this month. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eastern dawn sky, western evening sky, eastern morning sky, morning object, evening object, smallest telescopes, binoculars show, orange giant, small telescopes, greatest elongation, loo times, total lunar eclipse, partial solar eclipse, spectroscopic binary, brightness difference, fainter stars, multiple star Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Ursa Major, South America, Canis Majoris, Square of Pegasus, Crab Nebula, Orion Nebula, Summer Triangle, Delta Cephei, Big Dipper, Eclipses Sun, Middle East, North America, Ring Nebula, Barnard's Star, Alpha Herculis, Canis Minor, Gamma Leonis, Local Group, Ursae Minoris, Virgo Cluster, Alpha Centauri, Asellus Australis, Asellus Borealis, Dog Star New!
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Sirius, the jewel of the winter sky, glitters brilliantly in the south this month. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eastern dawn sky, western evening sky, eastern morning sky, morning object, evening object, smallest telescopes, binoculars show, orange giant, small telescopes, greatest elongation, loo times, total lunar eclipse, partial solar eclipse, spectroscopic binary, brightness difference, fainter stars, multiple star Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Ursa Major, South America, Canis Majoris, Square of Pegasus, Crab Nebula, Orion Nebula, Summer Triangle, Delta Cephei, Big Dipper, Eclipses Sun, Middle East, North America, Ring Nebula, Barnard's Star, Alpha Herculis, Canis Minor, Gamma Leonis, Local Group, Ursae Minoris, Virgo Cluster, Alpha Centauri, Asellus Australis, Asellus Borealis, Dog Star New!
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- A Dictionary of Astronomy (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Ian Ridpath in Front Matter
- Observing the Deep Sky: An Astronomer's Companion by Darren Bushnall on page 48, and Back Matter
- Binocular Stargazing by Mike D. Reynolds in Back Matter
- Walking Through the Horizon: Poems (Arkansas Poetry Award) by Margaret Holley in Back Matter
- The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction to the Celestial Sphere by William Millar in Back Matter
- Observational Astrophysics by Robert C. Smith in Back Matter
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