A Walk through the Heavens CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS This is the best book we know for teaching you how to find your way around the night sky. It is easy to use, requires no special equipment and will help you identify all the major star patterns.
Beginning with the Plough, it shows you how to find the Pole Star and how to use your outstretched hand to estiimate distances between stars. From the Pole Star you learn how to find Cassiopeia, then Cepheus, Cygnus the Swan and so on. It starts with stars you can see all year round then adds in the seasonal ones. You will soon find the sky is a much more familiar place and the constellations will soon become old friends.
Walk Through the Heavens also contains sections on the legends behind the constellations, objects to look for in binoculars and a guide to finding the planets. We cannot recommend this book too highly.
Turn Left at Orion CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope - and How to Find Them 3rd Edition
Author: Guy Consolmagno, Dan M. Davis
Fascinating guide for beginning amateur astronomers using small telescopes in the northern and southern hemisphere.‘Wonderful … it is one of those books about which you say, ‘If only I had something like this when I was a beginner‘.’ Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Exploring the Starry Sky CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Robert Burnham, Wil Tirion
An easy-to-use guide to the stars and constellations, for the beginner.'This book is eminently suitable for the young, first-time observer … the spiral binding and very heavy high-quality paper do allow the pages to be doubled backwards for ease of use outdoors, without destroying the book!' Gnomon
Astronomy for Dummies Author: Steven P Maran
An accessible guide to the wonders of the night sky, now updatedFrom asteroids to black holes, from quasars to white dwarfs, this new edition of Astronomy For Dummies takes backyard stargazers on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring star maps, charts, gorgeous full-color photographs, and easy-to-follow explanations, this fact-filled guide gives readers a leg up on the basic principles of astronomy and shows how to get the most out of binoculars, telescopes, planetarium visits, and other fun astronomical activities. This updated edition includes an updated color signature and covers the many discoveries made in recent years, as well as new astronomy Web sites.
The Monthly Sky Guide CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 7th Edition
Author: Ian Ridpath, Illustrated by Wil Tirion
Fully revised and updated guide to the night sky, now in full colour.‘Wil Tirion’s charts are justly famous. With Ian Ridpath’s words, the combination is hard to beat.’ Popular Astronomy
Urban Astronomy CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Denis Berthier, Translated by Klaus Brasch
Practical guide to amateur astronomy from within towns and cities.‘The bane of any budding astronomer in London or Los Angeles - or any big city - is light pollution from roads, houses, offices and their ilk illuminating the night sky. But Denis Berthier encourages us to put exasperation aside.’ New Scientist
