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Summary: 'Out on the lawn I lie in bed...'
Review: For those who remain spellbound by the canopy of night with all the beauty and mythology and mystery gazing at the stars brings to mind, this book is a godsend. Without requiring previous courses in astronomy and without spending hours cross referencing words to match constellations to match positions to match meanings, this book comfortably and beautifully offers maps and photographs, essays and information that make looking heavenward all the more exciting. The writing is accurate, updated, understandable to the novice, and makes a terrific companion to seeking answers and directions to the stars and the planets. A valuable aide to your appreciation of the universe! Grady Harp, December 2004
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Summary: Get it!!
Review: great charts, plus the best text reference...
(including mythology, both greek and really ancient)
as well as the scientific facts behind the constellations.
in handy field guide form, just like all the Audubon guides...
(this is a really handy and informative guidebook)
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Summary: excellent guide
Review: I have the guide to Rocks and Minerals as well as the astronomy book, and as always the Audubon Society Field Guides provide detailed information that is easy to understand as well as many photos, drawings and charts to help explain the subject.
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Summary: Current, intensely informative for all astronomy students.
Review: I teach astronomy in the Continuing Education Department of my community. When I showed my copy of Night Sky to my class, they immediately wanted to know where it could be purchased. I did not find any locally, but will call all of my students to let them know about Amazon.com. The price is excellent, so you will be getting orders. What a great historically and technically accurate, up-to-date reference book for the Amateur Astronomer.
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Summary: Favorite field guide
Review: I teach astronomy to a class of seven teenage boys. This is their favorite field guide. One of my students brought this guide to a star party and shared it with the others. After using it, they all wanted one just like it. It is a very good field guide.
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Summary: Amateur Astronomery - This is THE one.
Review: I was looking for a different Astronomy Field Guide and didn't find it - BOY am I glad. Instead I found and purchased this gem, and am very pleased with it. I'm quite the amateur. I wanted to learn more, and to get a good guide to help me find all the Messier objects, NGCs, and others. I also wanted to learn about them. This book has it all - including 136 Sky Charts, Color photos of the Messier Objects (and bunches of others), In Depth Discussion and Descriptions of the Constellations and thier contents (including all the M. objects and many, many NGC objects), Solar System in depth guides, moon photos and guide, and more. Whether using your eyes, a binocular or an 8" telescope, this book will help you to go right to the object of your choice. A handy field guide, yet as readable as a good novel.
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Summary: Amateur Astronomery - This is THE one.
Review: I was looking for a different Astronomy Field Guide and didn't find it - BOY am I glad. Instead I found and purchased this gem, and am very pleased with it. I'm quite the amateur. I wanted to learn more, and to get a good guide to help me find all the Messier objects, NGCs, and others. I also wanted to learn about them. This book has it all - including 136 Sky Charts, Color photos of the Messier Objects (and bunches of others), In Depth Discussion and Descriptions of the Constellations and thier contents (including all the M. objects and many, many NGC objects), Solar System in depth guides, moon photos and guide, and more. Whether using your eyes, a binocular or an 8" telescope, this book will help you to go right to the object of your choice. A handy field guide, yet as readable as a good novel.
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Summary: Everything you want to know, and more
Review: I'm not astronomer, but I can tell that the volume of information in this guide would impress even a hardcore stargazer. The book includes exhaustively detailed descriptions of all notable phenomena visible with a telescope, lists the entire Messier Catalog with descriptions of each item, has comprehensive starcharts meticulously organized by date, and has a description of all the major star constellations. There is also an in-depth analysis of the solar system and a complete scientific background on all the terminology. A layman reading this guide will come away with enough information to at least sound like an expert on the night sky. There are even some sections on speculative astronomy, such as the nature of black holes and the Big Bang theory. If you are at all interested in astronomy, this is THE guide to get. It will serve as an invaluable counterpart to your telescope, and makes fascinating reading any time. As far as I have seen, there isn't a published guide to compare with this one.
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Summary: Publisher for 'Astronomy Throughout the Net' E-Zine
Review: If you are going to get one astronomy book get 'The National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky'. This book has monthly star charts, moon maps, definitions of objects in space, and gives information about our planets. Did you ever want to know how far Betelgeuse is from earth, why do 12 constellations make up the Zodiac, or how to find M13 in the sky? This is the book for you.
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Summary: A Stargazer's Delight!
Review: One of my favorite books on the bookshelf, simply because of its easy-to-read format, and information for both the amateur stargazer and serious astronomer. The book covers everything that the curiousity seeker is looking for, with an exhaustive selection of sky charts for each month, a detailed section featuring each constellation with its history and details, and an exciting tour of the solar system and its celestial denizens.
Plenty of information, and just the right amount of photographs, too. A handy guide for everyone curious about the world "up there"!
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