The Fourth Edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion's famous guide to the night sky is updated for planet positions to the end of the year 2000. An additional feature appearing for the first time in this edition is a listing of solar and lunar eclipses by month.
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."..one of the best beginner's guides I've seen....The powerful combination of Ridpath's text and Tirion's charts come together in the monthly guides...If anyone asks me for a good beginner's guide, I'll be recommending The Monthly Sky Guide." Gordon Bond, The Practical Observer
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In full colour throughout, the seventh edition of this famous guide contains updated planet positions and forthcoming eclipses up to the end of 2011. It helps beginners identify prominent stars, constellations, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, to watch for meteor showers, and to follow the brightest planets.
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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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Very nice guide and easy to use - I would recommend it especailly for the novice star gazer.
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excellent guide for amateur sky watchers!,
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i bought this book for my nephew, to accompany him and his new telescope. he was more than thrilled with the experience, and i was thrilled with the layout of the book - it was easy for him to follow!
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To find your way in unfamiliar territory, you need a map and signposts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
double cluster, eastern dawn sky, western evening sky, prominent mag, eastern morning sky, morning object, evening object, binoculars show, orange giant, small telescopes, greatest elongation, multiple star Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Ursa Major, Galaxy Date, Summer Triangle, Square of Pegasus, Big Dipper, Delta Cephei, Crab Nebula, Barnard's Star, Ring Nebula, Canis Majoris, South America, Ursae Minoris, Local Group, North America, Asellus Borealis, Alpha Herculis, Eclipses Sun, Dog Star, Virgo Cluster, Middle East, Asellus Australis, Winter Triangle, Pacific Ocean, Ursae Majoris Browse Sample Pages:
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To find your way in unfamiliar territory, you need a map and signposts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
double cluster, eastern dawn sky, western evening sky, prominent mag, eastern morning sky, morning object, evening object, binoculars show, orange giant, small telescopes, greatest elongation, multiple star Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Ursa Major, Galaxy Date, Summer Triangle, Square of Pegasus, Big Dipper, Delta Cephei, Crab Nebula, Barnard's Star, Ring Nebula, Canis Majoris, South America, Ursae Minoris, Local Group, North America, Asellus Borealis, Alpha Herculis, Eclipses Sun, Dog Star, Virgo Cluster, Middle East, Asellus Australis, Winter Triangle, Pacific Ocean, Ursae Majoris Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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