2024 Guide to the Night Sky - A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America

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 2024. 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, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion, and approved by the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. 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 2024. Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Collins Astronomy, Storm Dunlop, Royal Observatory Greenwich, Wil Tirion
• Verlag: Collins Reference
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9780008619626
• ISBN: 978-0-00-861962-6
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 210 mm x 7 mm
• Themen: Kinder- und Jugendbücher > Sachbücher / Sachbilderbücher > Naturwissenschaft, Technik; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Physik, Astronomie > Astronomie; North America, NATURE / Sky Observation, Cosmology & the universe, Popular astronomy & space, Cosmology and the universe, Space, planets and extraterrestrial locations, Popular astronomy and space, North America (USA and Canada), Interest age: from c 13 years, Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy