Description
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:
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.