About the Book

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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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780007436170
• ISBN 10: 0007436173
• Imprint: Collins
• On Sale: 09/15/2011
• Pages: 256
• List Price:19.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : NATURE / Sky Observation
• BISAC2 : SCIENCE / Cosmology
• BISAC3 : PHOTOGRAPHY / Astrophotography
• BISAC4 : SCIENCE / Astronomy

Storm Dunlop

Biography

Storm Dunlop, author of Gem Photoguide Weather, has written numerous other books and articles on both astronomy and meteorology. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Meteorological Society, he also teaches adult education classes, and gives lectures and talks.

Wil Tirion is the world’s leading Uranographer and his charts have appeared in astronomy books all over the world.

Wil Tirion

Biography

Wil Tirion was trained in graphic arts and has always had an interest in astronomy and especially star charts. In 1983 he became a self-employed full time Uranographer. Since then he has contributed to many atlases, books and magazines. In 1987 he received the ‘Dr. J. van der Bilt-prize’, a Dutch award for amateur astronomers. In 1993 this was followed by a second, more international ‘award’, when a minor planet was named after him: (4648) Tirion = 1931 UE.

Other Works by Wil Tirion

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  2023 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Britain and Ireland

  By Wil Tirion

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  2023 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

  By Wil Tirion

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  Night Sky Almanac 2023: A stargazer’s guide

  By Wil Tirion