Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets 2023: 2023


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A beautiful illustrated monthly guide to exploring the stars and planets without a telescope.

Explore the night skies with this beautiful illustrated monthly guide to the stars and planets./

This large-format almanac allows you to step outside and track the planets, locate the Milky Way, recognise the constellations of the zodiac and watch meteor showers.

Stargazers' Almanac 2023 is a beautiful month-by-month guide to the night skies. It's designed specifically for naked-eye astronomy -- no telescope required! -- making it ideal for beginners, children and backyard astronomers. It is a perennially popular Christmas gift -- and one which lasts the whole year round.

Each monthly chart features two views of the night sky, looking north and south, and a visual guide to the phases of the moon and the movements of the planets.

Stargazers' Almanac 2023 also features:

  • Advice on how to navigate the night sky
  • Overhead reference map of the sky
  • Reference plan of constellations
  • Glossary of constellations and Latin names
  • Glossary of brightness of stars
  • Guide to the signs of the zodiac and how they relate to the stars
  • Loop and eyelet for easy wall hanging; presented in a sturdy cardboard gift envelope
  • Suitable for astronomy enthusiasts throughout the Northern Hemisphere's temperate (non-tropical) latitudes.



    Author: Bob Mizon
    Publisher: Floris Books
    Published: 07/12/2022
    Pages: 32
    Binding Type: Paperback
    Weight: 0.95lbs
    Size: 16.85h x 12.50w x 0.24d
    ISBN13: 9781782507826
    ISBN10: 1782507825
    BISAC Categories:
    - Science | Space Science | Astronomy
    - Nature | Star Observation

    About the Author
    Bob Mizon, MBE, is co-ordinator of the Commission for Dark Skies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1985, and has been associated with the Wessex Astronomical Society in various offices for many years. Since 1996, he has provided a full-time mobile planetarium service to south central England, and has taken the experience of the night sky to nearly 160,000 people, mostly schoolchildren.