Simple stargazing : a first-time skywatcher's guide /
Anton Vamplew.
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York, NY : Collins, 2006.
- 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), color portrait ; 26 cm
Originally published: London : Collins, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
Getting started: Brief history -- Constellations -- Adventures in darkness -- Travels into the darkness -- How big is the darkness -- How to use star charts -- Bright or dim? -- Stars -- Starry objects -- Northern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Southern charts: January to March skies -- April to June skies -- July to September skies -- October to December skies -- Sun, moon, and planets: Moon -- Eclipses -- Planets -- Planets and days -- Milky way -- Watching satellites and the ISS -- Comets -- Shooting stars -- Final view of -- Everything -- Astroglossary -- Going further -- Index.
A beginner's guide to stargazing offers a look at what can be discovered in the night sky with the naked eye.