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Burton Mail
Nothing is overlooked in terms of instructing the beginner how to develop an eye for the stars and planets.
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An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night.
Designed as a comprehensive introduction for the beginner and those who want to find out more, How to Identify the Night Sky covers everything that can be seen with the naked eye and binoculars, as well as what is visible using a small telescope.
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.
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, the mythological representation and a list of interesting objects.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A good beginner's overview of astronomy
19 Jan 2005
Format:Hardcover
I'm a complete beginner to astronomy and this was my first book on the subject. I wanted to get "Nightwatch" by Terence Dickinson but couldn't find it and this book was only $10 at B&N(sorry, Amazon) The sections of the book are:
Observing the Night Sky
The Celestial Sphere
Monthly Charts
The Moon
The Planets
Planetary Positions
Objects in the Night Sky
Constellations
Almost half of the book is dedicated to constellations. I have never read a sky map before, so the concept was very difficult for me to grasp. The contents of the first section almost had me understanding how to read one, but I needed to consult other sources to really get it. With that exception, I really like the book. It gives a good overview of what's out there and how to observe it without going into too much detail.
Observing the Night Sky
The Celestial Sphere
Monthly Charts
The Moon
The Planets
Planetary Positions
Objects in the Night Sky
Constellations
Almost half of the book is dedicated to constellations. I have never read a sky map before, so the concept was very difficult for me to grasp. The contents of the first section almost had me understanding how to read one, but I needed to consult other sources to really get it. With that exception, I really like the book. It gives a good overview of what's out there and how to observe it without going into too much detail.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Suits my purposes.
2 Oct 2007
Format:Paperback
The physics of celestial objects are of more interest to me than what kinds of pictures some people have projected upon the stars. The arbitrary pictures might help viewers navigate the night sky, thereby identifying specific stars, but most of us have a hard time recognizing the mythic cartoons. Reducing the evident relationships to simple geometric shapes helps, but a collection of handy sky `maps' helps even more. The monthly sky charts in `How to Identify [the] Night Sky' are excellent. The planetary position illustrations are also helpful.
For those inclined to memorize the constellations and asterisms, there are also extensive diagrams included. Personally, as regards these `pictures', I readily recognize Orion's `belt' and Ursa Major's `big dipper' with it's pointer to the northern polar star, Polaris, but not much else. This probably won't change, so it's nice to have a book like this handy. There is much more here to aid the average observer, including a `calendar' of major meteor shower events.
For those inclined to memorize the constellations and asterisms, there are also extensive diagrams included. Personally, as regards these `pictures', I readily recognize Orion's `belt' and Ursa Major's `big dipper' with it's pointer to the northern polar star, Polaris, but not much else. This probably won't change, so it's nice to have a book like this handy. There is much more here to aid the average observer, including a `calendar' of major meteor shower events.
How to Identify the Night Sky
15 Oct 2009
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This book is small and light weight. It is quite informative and has some great pictures of the sky with plenty of stars. This book shows constellations and many of the pictures you can use as a guide while you are star gazing. It is definitely useful for my use in Astrology class.
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