Wil Tirion

Gary Mechler

A field guide to the night sky, explaining through text and maps how to locate and identify stars, planets, meteors, comets, and constellations.

Night sky

National Audubon Society First Field Guide

Storm Dunlop

Royal Observatory Greenwich

Collins Collins Astronomy

A Stargazer's Guide

Night Sky Almanac 2023

Collins Astronomy

A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins.

Night Sky Almanac 2023: A stargazer’s guide

Night Sky Almanac 2022

Ian Ridpath

Stelle e pianeti. La guida più completa a stelle, pianeti, galassie e al sistema solare

The perfect gift for amateur and seasoned astronomers. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins.

Night Sky Almanac 2022: A stargazer’s guide

Milton D. Heifetz

¿Qué estrella es aquélla? ¿Dónde está la Osa Mayor? Es fácil responder a estas preguntas después de leer Un paseo por las estrellas, una bella guía del cielo nocturno. Sus mapas, de sencilla interpretación, nos bastan para encontrar a simple vista las constelaciones y los caminos de una a otra. Los mitos y leyendas a que hacen referencia sus nombres vienen explicados de forma sucinta y amena, aumentando la fascinación que todos sentimos al contemplar una noche estrellada. No necesitamos equipo para usar esta guía práctica, tan sólo nuestros ojos y un cielo despejado. La presente edición ofrece una nueva versión revisada y ampliada, en la que los autores han dado cabida a un buen número de mitos de culturas no occidentales, como la polinesia o la africana.

Una guía de las estrellas, las constelaciones y sus leyendas

Un paseo por las estrellas. Quinta edición ampliada

The indispensable guide to the night sky--now in a newly updated and expanded edition In this newly updated and expanded edition of their classic work, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion illuminate the night sky as never before, providing novice stargazers and professional astronomers alike with the most informative, user-friendly, comprehensive, and authoritative celestial field guide available. The product of a thirty-year collaboration between one of the world's leading astronomy writers and the world's foremost celestial mapmaker, Stars and Planets features superb color sky charts, diagrams, or photographs on almost every page; clear and engaging writing; a spacious and attractive design; and a compact size. This updated edition features the latest information on stars, a revised section on planets that incorporates recent research on exoplanets, and some revised charts and new photographs. Simply put, Stars and Planets is indispensable. Don't leave home--at night--without it. Detailed charts covering all 88 constellations in the Northern and Southern hemispheres Data and notes on all bright stars and other objects of interest Detailed Moon maps and descriptions of the main lunar features Tips on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes, to suit any budget The only guide to provide annual planetary data as a downloadable online resource Updates include the latest data on stars and exoplanets and some revised charts and new photos

The Complete Guide to the Stars, Constellations, and the Solar System

Stars & Planets

Milton Heifetz

What star is that? Where is the Southern Cross? Who was Orion? Answering these questions and many more, this book will become an essential traveling companion for amateur astronomers heading abroad. Its unique simplified maps make it easy to find the constellations in the southern hemisphere skies, and the stars within them. Clear instructions guide the user on how to gauge sizes and distances, and move easily between constellations. This new edition has been updated with additional mythology information, and a list of the planet positions up to 2016. Of value to all ages, this book introduces the patterns of the starry skies in a memorable way. No equipment is needed to use this practical guide: apart from normal sight and clear skies. Beautifully illustrated, this is an ideal introduction to unfamiliar stars that will have astronomers of all levels gazing at the skies with ease.

A Guide to Stars and Constellations and their Legends

A Walk through the Southern Sky

This classic star atlas is ideal for both beginning astronomers and more experienced observers worldwide. The clear, full-color maps show stars, clusters and galaxies visible with binoculars or a small telescope. The atlas also features constellation boundaries and the Milky Way, and lists objects that are interesting to observe. This new edition features a clearer map of the Moon's surface, showing craters and features; a second Moon map, mirror reversed for users of telescopes with star diagonals; enhanced index charts showing the constellations more clearly; and a new data table listing stars hosting planetary systems. It is now spiral bound, making it ideal for use at the telescope.

The Cambridge Star Atlas

(Illustrations are best viewed on a tablet.) An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night. Please note that this is the 2004 edition. Chart data is accurate to the end of 2009.

The Night Sky (How to Identify)

Robin Scagell

Featuring recent discoveries and state-of-the-art space photography, an atlas illustrates all that science has revealed about constellations, the evolution of stars and galaxies, and the planets in the solar system.

The Moon, Planets, Stars and Deep Sky Objects

Night Sky Atlas

A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2021.

2021 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada, and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events occurring in North America's night sky throughout 2023.

2023 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America

Maps, charts, and full-color illustrations describe the night sky including planets, comets, meteors, and man-made satellites.

How to Identify Night Sky

Opposite each map is a 'photorealistic' image which shows how the same portion of the sky appears to the naked eye. The next group of maps show the most interesting parts of the sky at a much larger scale, in 40 full-colour constellation charts, accompanied by colour photographs and drawings and a detailed explanatory text.

Philip's Night Sky Atlas

An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night.

Collins Night Sky

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. “This is a great guide to the night sky at a great price”Astronomy Now “A handy and straightforward guide ... attractive little booklet” British Astronomical Association's 'Journal' “an ideal Christmas stocking-filler” The Observatory

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

A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2022.

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