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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This 2000 Edition of Sir Patrick Moore’s classic book has been completely revised in the light of changes in technology. Not only do these changes include commercially available astronomical telescopes and software, but also what we know and understand about the universe. There are many new photographs and illustrations. Writing in the easy-going style that made him famous as a writer and broadcaster, Sir Patrick introduced astronomy and amateur observing together, so that his reader gets an idea of what he is observing at the same time as how to observe. Almost half the book is Appendices. These are hugely comprehensive and provide hints and tips, as well as data (year 2000 onwards) for pretty well every aspect of amateur astronomy. This is probably the only book in which all this information is collected in one place.

(Extracted from the press info).
 

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Publisher’s note.
-Foreward to the First Edition.
-Foreword to the 12th Edition.
-Astronomy is a Hobby The Unfolding Universe.
-Telescopes and Observatories.
-The Solar System. The Sun.- The Moon Occultations and Eclipses.
-Aurorae and the Zodiacal Light.
-The Nearer Planets.
-The Outer Planets Comets and Meteors.
-The Stellar sky.
-The Nature of a Star.
-Double Stars.
-Variable Stars Star-Clusters and Nebulae.
-Galaxies.

-Beginnings and Endings.
-Appendices.
-Bibliography.
-Index.