2025 Guide to the Night Sky - A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America

Name: 2025 Guide to the Night Sky
Price: 8.69 EUR
Author: Radmila Topalovic
ISBN: 9780008724566

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Radmila Topalovic, Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion

Collins
Paru le : 29/08/2024

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States... > Lire la suite

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The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. This is the ideal resource for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada, and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events occurring in North America's night sky throughout 2025. This practical guide is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers.
Now includes a section on comets and a map of the moon. Designed specifically for North America. Written and illustrated by astronomical experts. Content includes: Advice on where to start looking. Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see. Positions of the moon and visible planets. Details of objects and events in 2025. Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere.

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Date de parution : 29/08/2024
Editeur : Collins
ISBN : 978-0-00-872456-6
EAN : 9780008724566
Format : ePub
Nb. de pages : 112 pages

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- Pages : 112
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé

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Astronomy programmes officer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. She holds a PhD in space dust. Storm Dunlop is an experienced Astronomy and meteorology author and translator. Books include Clouds (Haynes, 2019), Gem Weather (Collins, 2012), How to Read the Weather (National Trust, 2018), Meteorology Manual (Haynes, 2014), Practical Astronomy (Philip's, 2012) and is the lead author for the bestselling annual Guide to the Night Sky (Collins). Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and a member of the International Astronomical Union. Wil Tirion was trained in graphic arts and always had an interest in astronomy and especially star charts.
In 1983 he became a self-employed Uranographer, a specialist in drawing charts of the night sky. Since then he has contributed to many books including the bestselling Collins Guide to the Night Sky annual. In 1987 he received the 'Dr. J. van der Bilt-prize', a Dutch award for amateur astronomers. In 1993 he had a minor planet named after him: (4648) Tirion = 1931 UE.