Description
Ever looked up the stars on a clear night and wanted to know more about them? The expansive and majestic Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is a designated Dark Night Sky Park and is your perfect destination for stargazing! Discover the Stars written by Richard Berry takes you on a tour of the stars and constellations visible with the naked eye and introduces you to deep-sky objects that can be seen with binoculars or a telescope.
Features:
- Comprehensive Coverage: A month-by-month description of the night sky including twelve beautifully-colored maps that outline all of the constellations visible anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. The accompanying text reveals the rich ancient mythology that surrounds the star groups.
- Detailed Charts and Lists: In the second section of the book you will find twenty-three star charts that show smaller regions of the sky in greater detail. These charts give the names of key stars and lead you to fascinating features such as stars with unusual colors, double stars, variable stars, nebulae, and galaxies. There’s also a handy list of constellations and which sky map to use by month.
- The Basics: So you’re prepared on your first night out, the basics are covered here. How do the stars move through the sky? How do you find your way around the moon and planets? Also included are how you can make an astronomer’s flashlight and select and use a telescope. All are written in terms that are easy to grasp and remember.
- Softcover; 109 pages.
Whether you’re an experience astronomer or on your first night out, Discover the Stars is simple enough to be useful if you’re just starting out but packed with enough information to keep you learning and enjoying the stars for years to come.
