Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events Through 2010 (Paperback)

~ (Author), Greg Walz-Chojnacki (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"If this is your year to skywatch, this is your book." -- Scientific American

"The feature that makes this book stand out is a text crammed with easy-to-use diagrams—probably the best we’ve seen." -- Sky & Telescope magazine

Product Description

Celestial Delights

The Best Astronomical Events through 2010 by Francis Reddy and Greg Walz-Chojnacki

In the coming decade, North Americans will be treated to an exciting parade of meteor showers, planetary transits, lunar eclipses, and strong displays of northern lights. Learn to identify what’s happening in the night sky with CELESTIAL DELIGHTS, both an introduction to astronomy and a calendar of upcoming celestial events written for urban and suburban sky-gazers—country skies and expensive telescopes not required. This revised edition predicts and explains numerous naked-eye events with the same lucid writing and easy-to-grasp diagrams that earned the first edition rave reviews. An astronomy guide for the layperson, CELESTIAL DELIGHTS deepens our appreciation of what we see when we gaze at the stars, and inspires us to do so more often.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts; Revised edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587611570
• ISBN-13: 978-1587611575
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,330,171 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, December 25, 2003

By	Erica Eastley "amirabook" (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is easy to read and understand with lots of diagrams and illustrations. It covers everything from meteor showers to eclipses to viewing planets. There are illustrations to show exactly where to look in the sky (helpful for those of us who aren't too familiar with the constellations), and a calendar in the back which shows you what will be happening each month till 2010. I have always enjoyed astromony, but I always felt like I missed eclipses or forgot about meteor showers. This book will solve those problems!

5.0 out of 5 stars A new edition is coming!, March 28, 2002

By	Frank Reddy (Newberry, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events Through the Year 2001 (Hardcover)

Greg and I are now in the process of completing an updated version of Celestial Delights, which will track naked-eye events from 2003 through 2010 (and in some cases beyond). It is slated for release in October by Celestial Arts, ISBN 1-58761-157-0, 7 x 10 inches.

Thank you all for your supportive comments!

5.0 out of 5 stars Celestial Delights, October 23, 2001

By	Janet L. Thompson (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events Through the Year 2001 (Hardcover)

I received this book as a gift in 1995 and have referred to it monthly sharing with others the upcoming events of the celestial sky. I hope the authors of this fine book will release same for the next ten years. I keep searching new releases for information regarding same. I look forward to the new release!