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The Night Sky Month by Month
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Hardback English
By (author) Dk


Learn how to observe and navigate the night sky with this guide to stargazing for beginners!

The dazzling reference book shines bright with crystal-clear charts of the planets, stars, and constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres for each month of the year! Its perfect for anyone interested in stargazing and astronomy.

This unique astronomy book explains and demystifies the changing night sky. It includes:

- Illustrated overviews that introduce each month with a guide to the main attractions, such as bright stars, prominent constellations, and meteor showers
- An introduction explains what the universe is, our place within it, how it appears to us in the night sky, and how our view of it changes with time and place
- Each illustrated overview features a planet locator, showing the position of the planets during the month introduced
- Charts that show the positions of all stars visible to the naked eye in even the darkest skies

Discover a complete year-round atlas of the night sky! Filled with easy-to-use star charts showing the constellations, alongside specially commissioned artworks and photography, this space book has everything the budding astronomer needs to understand the night sky. Youll learn how to recognise different kinds of objects and see how they move through the sky over the course of the night and the year.

Whether youre new to astronomy or a seasoned stargazer, The Night Sky Month by Month enables everyone to be awed by stargazing. It covers sky-watching without any equipment at all, as well as with the use of binoculars and telescopes. Plus, the newly updated edition features an astronomy calendar detailing the annual and one-off celestial events for the decade ahead, ensuring youll never miss a visible planet or solar eclipse again.

Its the perfect astronomy gift for adults fascinated with space.


Product details

Format Hardback | 128 pages
Dimensions 260 x 308 x 14mm | 999g
Publication date 23 Sep 2021
Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Imprint DK
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN10 0241471125
ISBN13 9780241471128
Bestsellers rank 59,965