National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky

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Summary: First among the Best!
Review: The Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky has been for many years one of the best guides to the night sky. With hundreds of full color photographs of our solar system, the constellations as viewed with the unaided eyes, meteors, comets and other wonders of the sky this Field Guide is easy to use (it has a section on how to do it) and provides lots of information for the beginner astronomer, the casual observer, the more advanced amateurs or anyone interested in astronomy. As it is written on the Introduction, the aim of the book is to depict the objects of the night sky visible to binoculars, the unaided eye or small telescopes. Its small format and dew resistant cover make the Guide a perfect companion outdoors and the locating monthly charts are a real help in order to find the way through the stars. I own a 1992 Edition of this Field Guide and I still use it a lot. Later editions come with updated planetary posisitons and longitude tables along with the Messier Catalog list, periodic comet and major meteor shower tables and other useful data indicating past, present and future astronomical events. Definitively, this Guide is the first among the best of its kind!

Rating:
Summary: A Treasure of Knowledge
Review: This is one of those books that is somehow packed with meaningful facts but a joy to read. There's also an edition of this that is narrow and has a plastic blue cover -- perfect for sky parties. The sci-fi in me drives me to add: If civilization ceased to exist, I'd want future generations to benefit from this book.

Rating:
Summary: A Treasure of Knowledge
Review: This is one of those books that is somehow packed with meaningful facts but a joy to read. There's also an edition of this that is narrow and has a plastic blue cover -- perfect for sky parties. The sci-fi in me drives me to add: If civilization ceased to exist, I'd want future generations to benefit from this book.