Discusses binoculars and how to use them for astronomical observation, and provides information about double stars, variable stars, clusters, nebulae, galaxies, constellations, the moon, and planets (view table of contents)

Product Description: The precision used in this volume is appropriate for use on scientific pocket calculators or personal computers. Tables of coefficients are supplied for calculating the positions. The compact presentation eliminates the need to carry larger nautical almanacs or sight reduction tables...read more

Provides star maps, explains how to locate and identify major stars and planets, and offers advice on working with a telescope

Product Description: The Observer's Sky Atlas contains star charts and information for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, with binoculars, or with small telescopes, and also for those who just wish to look at constellations and interesting objects...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Captions in nontechnical language accompany photographs of the night sky, from stars to galaxies, captured by the world's most sophisticated telescopes

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A guidebook for astronomy includes monthly sky maps and information on telescopes and how to buy them (view table of contents)

Introduces amateur astronomy, explains how to use sky maps, binoculars, and telescopes, and suggests fourteen separate tours of the night sky

Product Description: Put the Universe at your fingertips with this dramatic and comprehensive look at the sky. Richly illustrated with hundreds of recent photographs and images from ground-based telescopes, the Hubble Space Telescope, and interplanetary spacecraft, Atlas of the Universe is a definitive reference to the stars, the planets and their moons, and the universe...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Star maps of the northern and southern skies identify highlights

Introduces the patterns of the night sky with simplified maps to guide beginners in locating the constellations and the stars within them, and includes ancient myths and legends related to the stars. (view table of contents)

Offers tips on choosing skywatching tools, gives hints for sketching and photographing the night sky, and provides celestial charts (view table of contents)

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A reference guide for stargazers offers star charts and information on equipment, planets, and stellar photography

An astronomical observer's manual offers maps, diagrams, field identification techniques, background information, and an overview of cutting edge research

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.

Provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to viewing astronomical objects through simple instruments, such as binoculars, a small telescope, or even the naked eye, outlining each object's location and optimal observation times. Original. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Nowadays we have stopped watching the sky. We are so submerged by our towns’ lights, constantly busy, hypnotized by the television, that we hardly have time to contemplate the sky at night. We forget the stars’ beauty, the planet’s slow sliding, the lunar rhythms and the rotations of planets, season after season...read more