The Monthly Sky Guide - Softcover

Ridpath, Ian; Tirion, Wil

 
9780521386654: The Monthly Sky Guide

Synopsis

A guide to help beginners find their way around the sky. It contains maps of the sky for each month of the year, realistically depicting the stars visible to the naked eye.

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Review

."..one of the best beginner's guides I've seen....The powerful combination of Ridpath's text and Tirion's charts come together in the monthly guides...If anyone asks me for a good beginner's guide, I'll be recommending The Monthly Sky Guide." Gordon Bond, The Practical Observer

Book Description

In full colour throughout, the seventh edition of this famous guide contains updated planet positions and forthcoming eclipses up to the end of 2011. It helps beginners identify prominent stars, constellations, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, to watch for meteor showers, and to follow the brightest planets.

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