The Monthly Sky GuideThe ninth edition of Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion's famous guide to the night sky is updated with planet positions and forthcoming eclipses to the end of the year 2017. It contains twelve chapters describing the main sights visible in each month of the year, providing an easy-to-use companion for anyone wanting to identify prominent stars, constellations, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies; to watch out for meteor showers ('shooting stars'); or to follow the movements of the four brightest planets, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Most of the sights described are visible to the naked eye and all are within reach of binoculars or a small telescope. This revised and updated edition includes sections on observing the Moon and the planets, with a comprehensive Moon map. The Monthly Sky Guide offers a clear and simple introduction to the skies of the northern hemisphere for beginners of all ages. |
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5th-magnitude Aldebaran Algol Alpha Andromeda Antares aperture appears Arcturus astronomers AURIGA Beta Betelgeuse binoculars blue-white BOÖTES bright stars brighter than 0.5 brightest star CAMELOPARDALIS CANES VENATICI CANIS MINOR Capella Cassiopeia Castor CEPHEUS comet companion constellation Cygni Cygnus dawn twilight Deneb diameter Diffuse nebula Double Cluster double star DRACO Earth eastern dawn sky Epsilon faint fainter full Moon Gamma Gemini Hercules Horizon 30°N Hyades Jupiter known LACERTA LEO MINOR lies light LYRA magnification MARE Mars Milky morning object naked eye night northerly latitudes Open star cluster Ophiuchus orbit Orion Perseus Planetary nebula Pleiades Plough Polaris Pollux Procyon prominent Regulus Rigel Rings tilted Earthwards Saturn Scorpius seen Sirius sky at mag small telescopes solar eclipse south-west evening sky Spica spiral Square of Pegasus Summer Triangle Sun for observation supergiant Tauri Taurus throughout the month Ursa Major URSA MINOR Vega Virgo visible VULPECULA western evening sky