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Philip's Month-by-Month Stargazing 2016 The Guide to the Northern Night Sky

Handbook / Manual Popular Science Out of Print
Series: Philip's Stargazing Volume: 2016
By: Heather Couper(Author), Nigel Henbest(Author), Wil Tirion(Illustrator)
64 pages, colour illustrations
Publisher: Philip's
Philip's Month-by-Month Stargazing 2016
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  • Philip's Month-by-Month Stargazing 2016 ISBN: 9781849073912 Paperback Oct 2015 Out of Print #226140
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Philip's Month-by-Month Stargazing 2016 is a concise guide to the northern-hemisphere night sky, helping starwatchers to see the year's most fascinating events, whether observing with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.

New for 2016, the authors have included ideas for joining Citizen Science projects at the cutting edge of astronomical research. The guide is suitable for use between latitudes 40 °N and 60 °N, including Britain and Ireland, Europe as far south as Rome, and Canada and the northern USA as far south as Philadelphia. Each chapter (one for each month of the year) has a colour star map, created by Wil Tirion, showing the positions and phases of the Moon, the positions of the planets, and other useful information. Each month also includes a constellation described in detail; special events during the month, such as eclipses; a featured astronomical object, usually a deep-sky target; plus an astrophotograph, with details of how it was taken.

The Solar System Almanac explains the movement of the planets, with particular attention paid to their positions in 2016. Solar and lunar eclipses, meteor showers and comets are also described. Exploring the Deep Sky provides a list of recommended deep-sky objects. The observer can use the monthly charts to discover which constellations are on view, and then use this information to plan deep-sky observing. The book concludes with an Equipment Review. Here Robin Scagell, author of Philip's Stargazing with a Telescope, provides a round-up of what's new in observing technology.

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Heather Couper is a past President of both the British Astronomical Association and the Society for Popular Astronomy. She is a Fellow of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics, and a former Millennium Commissioner, for which she was awarded the CBE in 2007.

Nigel Henbest has been Astronomy Consultant to New Scientist magazine, Editor of the Journal of the British Astronomical Association, and Media Consultant to the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The authors live in Buckinghamshire, UK.

Handbook / Manual Popular Science Out of Print
Series: Philip's Stargazing Volume: 2016
By: Heather Couper(Author), Nigel Henbest(Author), Wil Tirion(Illustrator)
64 pages, colour illustrations
Publisher: Philip's
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