Collins Night Sky

Collins Night Sky
Wil Tirion

Storm Dunlop

An introductory guide to navigating your way around the night sky and identifying what you can see on any given night.Designed as a comprehensive introduction for the beginner and those who want to find out more, How to Identify the Night Sky covers everything that can be seen with the naked eye and binoculars, as well as what is visible using a small telescope.There are sections on how to observe and understand the objects that comprise the night sky, the moon, the movements of the stars and planets throughout the year and astronomical events.The constellations are given a comprehensive treatment. For each one there is a chart, a photograph, a description of its features and history, the best dates and times of visibility, the mythological representation and a list of interesting objects.

COLLINS

NIGHT

SKY

STORM DUNLOP & WIL TIRION

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page (#uaa4e3e2c-15cc-5d2d-a00f-02dd3a5b486b)

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

OBSERVING THE NIGHT SKY

What to use (#ulink_fa95690f-f466-5359-9685-64e425902577)

Starting out (#ulink_bd62b9b1-f40e-5329-8ae4-d248549c85ce)

Exploring the night sky (#ulink_40fe29d5-13c4-5ec8-816e-e05ea3fb9d12)

The celestial sphere (#ulink_b870d150-b665-5cf8-b3c3-21a66b0383d1)

Positions in the sky (#ulink_a7e00431-4b81-5ce8-bab6-44861a70979a)

Date and time (#ulink_443ccec9-6b1f-5124-b084-cdebe6c9ff1d)

Constellations (#ulink_ed9d0614-d2b0-568e-9771-4442d18d06b2)

The names of stars and other objects (#ulink_95fb6b2b-7477-5730-99a1-51b9e42409e4)

Magnitudes (#ulink_7c3f5133-c724-5299-bdc9-b58b3bf13bc3)

Photographing the night sky (#ulink_1f508a23-1811-5244-81a0-d0ead9e932be)

THE CELESTIAL SPHERE

Winter constellations (#ulink_6a7a0beb-1909-5b75-b2b1-ffee99c93353)

Spring constellations (#ulink_bfb24b96-e623-5dba-a6a0-e623823841d8)

Summer constellations (#ulink_527fe4c7-234e-5997-b579-20282bf1540d)

Autumn constellations (#ulink_5c021c42-01bc-5bcd-b502-7187f7df1b9a)

MONTHLY CHARTS

THE MOON

Lunar eclipses (#litres_trial_promo)

The surface of the moon (#litres_trial_promo)

North-west quadrant (#litres_trial_promo)

North-east quadrant (#litres_trial_promo)

South-west quadrant (#litres_trial_promo)

South-east quadrant (#litres_trial_promo)

THE PLANETS

Planetary positions (#litres_trial_promo)

Minor planets (#litres_trial_promo)

OBJECTS IN THE SKY

Nacreous and noctilucent clouds (#litres_trial_promo)

Aurorae (#litres_trial_promo)

Rockets and satellites (#litres_trial_promo)

Meteors and the zodiacal light (#litres_trial_promo)

Comets (#litres_trial_promo)

Stars (#litres_trial_promo)

Clusters (#litres_trial_promo)

Nebulae (#litres_trial_promo)

Galaxies (#litres_trial_promo)

CONSTELLATIONS

ADDITIONAL TABLES