2022 Guide to the Night Sky
A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above North America
Published on 2. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-00-846986-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 2022.
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 2022.
Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere.
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 2022.
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 2022.
Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere.
Reviews / Votes
"A handy and straightforward guide ... attractive little booklet" British Astronomical Association's 'Journal'"an ideal Christmas stocking-filler" The Observatory
"This is a great guide to the night sky at a great price" Astronomy Now
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-846986-3 (9780008469863)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Storm Dunlop | Wil Tirion | Royal Observatory Greenwich
2023 Guide to the Night Sky
A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above North America
Book
09/2022
Collins
€29.91
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Storm Dunlop | Wil Tirion | Royal Observatory Greenwich
2021 Guide to the Night Sky
A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above North America
Book
09/2020
Collins
€9.00
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Storm Dunlop is an experienced Astronomy and meteorology author and translator. Books include Gem Weather (Collins, 2012), 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.