The Night Sky Month by Month

Description

The essential atlas to the changing night sky for anyone with an interest in stargazing and astronomy An invaluable, user-friendly guide to discovering and navigating the night sky as it changes. The Night Sky Month by Month offers beginners to stargazing and amateur astronomers an insight into the positions of the stars and planet locations for each month of the year. Filled with easy-to-use star charts showing the constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres, alongside specially-commissioned artworks and photography, this book has everything the budding astronomer needs to understand the night sky. Including information on the stars that are visible to the naked eye, even in the darkest skies, The Night Sky Month by Month enables everyone to be awed by stargazing regardless of equipment or experience. Plus, this newly updated edition features an almanac detailing the annual and one-off celestial events for the decade ahead ensuring newcomers to stargazing will never miss a visible planet or solar eclipse again.

Will Gater is an astronomy journalist and author. He has written for several of the UK's top astronomy and science magazines and frequently appears on television and radio. Will is also the author of The Practical Astronomer, published by DK. Giles Sparrow is a writer specializing in astronomy and space science. He has a degree in astronomy and science communication, and has written on space technology and the history of spaceflight in a range of books, including DK's bestselling Universe.