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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

To absorb the beauty of the night sky, with its countless stars, softly glowing nebulae, and remote galaxies, all you need is a good pair of binoculars and this guide. In this book Patrick Moore describes how to explore the stars, the constellations, the seasonal changes of the sky, the Moon and the comets, without buying an expensive telescope. This guide is therefore an ideal start to conducting a personal tour of the universe and its contents. Seasonal star charts are provided so that stargazers can quickly locate the prominent constellations visible on any evening, from any location on Earth, and at any date. Every constellation in the northern and southern sky is described as it appears through binoculars, together with a map showing the interesting objects within it.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-Preface to the Fourth Edition.

-1. The Night Sky.

-2. Binoculars of Many Kinds.

-3. Among the Stars.

-4. Double Stars and Variable Stars.

-5. Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies.

-6. Stars of the Seasons.

-7. The Constellations.

-8. The Sun and its Eclipses.

-9. Lunar Landscapes.

-10. The Planets.

-11. Comets and Shooting-Stars.

-12. Summing-Up.

-Appendices.

-1. Choosing a Telescope.
-2. Planetary Data.
-3. The Planets, 2000-2010.
-4. Eclipses, 2000-2010.
-5. The Brightest Stars.
-6. A Selection of Stellar Objects.

-Bibliography.

-A Note on Metrication.

-Index.