NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

 
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Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded.

The first three editions of Night Watch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it the top-selling stargazing guide in the world for the last 20 years. The key feature of this classic title is the section of star charts that are cherished by backyard astronomers everywhere. Each new edition has outsold the previous one because of thorough revisions and additional new material.

Night Watch has been acclaimed as the best general interest introduction to astronomy. The fourth edition has revisions in every chapter, including: - The famous charts, ideal for stargazers using a small telescope or binoculars - A complete update of the equipment section, including computerized telescopes - An enlarged photography section, including how-to instructions for using the new generation of digital cameras for astronomical photography, both with and without a telescope - The tables of future solar and lunar eclipses, planetary conjunctions and planet locations, updated through 2018.

This edition includes for the first time star charts for use in the southern hemisphere. There are also dozens of new photographs throughout the book that show the latest thrilling discoveries made by current space observatories and probes.

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  • ISBN13: 9781554071470
  • Condition: New
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  • Binding: Spiral-bound
  • DeweyDecimalNumber: 523.80223
  • EAN: 9781554071470
  • Edition: Enlarged 4th
  • ISBN: 155407147X
  • Label: Firefly Books
  • Manufacturer: Firefly Books
  • NumberOfItems: 1
  • NumberOfPages: 192
  • ProductGroup: Book
  • ProductTypeName: ABIS_BOOK
  • PublicationDate: 2006-09-12
  • Publisher: Firefly Books
  • Studio: Firefly Books
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Wonderful first astronomy book!2010-06-05
I would recommend this to any beginning astronomer. It has some wonderful advice on the equipment needed as well as detailed, but understandable maps of the sky.
stars2010-04-20
shows you the basic maps of the star system that we can see from earth
No better book out there PERIOD2010-02-24
I have over a dozen astronomy books and love my telescopes. This is the one book above all others you must get. Even before you get your first telescope. It has all the important information you will need to pick a telescope and use it. One of the best resources in my library. Get the spiral bound version, this book will be folded open to the star charts for years to come. I have yet to find a better book for beginning astronomers, and even years later I still use it almost every night I'm out using my telescopes. It's worth every penny and more.
Great Book Depending On Your Level2010-02-15
If you are new to observing or astronomy in general I can not think of a better book. Even if you have a general knowledge of the universe this book has some excellent points of interest for everyone. I would recommend buying this book before you get a telescope or do what I did and buy it with a pair of bino's like Celestron's 15x70 pair. With this combo you can spend many nights under the stars learning and viewing while you prepare to purchase a more expensive piece of equipment.
Nice Book, Low Level, Simple2010-02-15
The book is pretty, a bunch of pretty pictures, some common-sense advice, and has simple and lucid star charts to be used in the field with a red light. So, if you are really new to amateur astronomy, and want a non-electronic reference, then this book could be for you. Better yet, give it as a gift to a budding astronomer who is no older than, say, 14 years of age.

The charts make this book. I also have The Backyard Astronomer, Niel Bone's Deep Sky Observer, and Norton's Star Chart, and the maps here are easier to follow, and more usable.

The general information is more sketchy than TBA, or Bone, but still, spending money on NightWatch is money well spent.
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