Stargazing: Astronomy without a Telescope

by Patrick Moore

• ISBN13: 9780521794459
• ISBN10: 0521794455
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

On a clear night, the vastness and beauty of the star-filled sky is awe-inspiring. In Stargazing: Astronomy without a Telescope Patrick Moore, Britain’s best known astronomer explains all you need to know about the universe visible to the naked eye. With the aid of charts and illustrations he examines how to 'read’ the stars, to know which constellations lie overhead, their trajectory throughout the seasons, and the legends ascribed to them. In a month-by-month guide he describes, using detailed star maps, the night skies of both the northern and southern hemispheres. He also takes a look at the planets, the Sun and the Moon and their eclipses, comets, meteors, as well as aurorae and other celestial phenomena - all in accessible scientific detail. Astronomy is for everyone, and even with just the naked eye, it can become a fascinating and rewarding hobby for life.

Table of Contents

Astronomy and astronomers	1	(5)
The revolving sky	6	(4)
Patterns of stars	10	(4)
Star legends	14	(3)
The stars themselves	17	(7)
Stars of the far north	24	(10)
Northern stars: the January sky	34	(19)
Northern stars: the February sky	53	(3)
Northern stars: the March sky	56	(2)
Northern stars: the April sky	58	(12)
Northern stars: the May sky	70	(2)
Northern stars: the June sky	72	(2)
Northern stars: the July sky	74	(14)
Northern stars: the August sky	88	(2)
Northern stars: the September sky	90	(2)
Northern stars: the October sky	92	(12)
Northern stars: the November sky	104	(2)
Northern stars: the December sky	106	(2)
Stars of the far south	108	(6)
Southern stars: the January sky	114	(8)
Southern stars: the February sky	122	(2)
Southern stars: the March sky	124	(2)
Southern stars: the April sky	126	(6)
Southern stars: the May sky	132	(2)
Southern stars: the June sky	134	(2)
Southern stars: the July sky	136	(4)
Southern stars: the August sky	140	(2)
Southern stars: the September sky	142	(2)
Southern stars: the October sky	144	(8)
Southern stars: the November sky	152	(2)
Southern stars: the December sky	154	(2)
The equatorial sky	156	(7)
Our star: the Sun	163	(4)
The craters of the Moon	167	(6)
The planets	173	(10)
Space nomads	183	(8)
Glows in the sky	191	(5)
Appendices	196	(9)
Index	205