Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: What’s Up? Getting Familiar with the Night Sky 7
Chapter 1: The Changing Sky 9
Chapter 2: Look Up! Your First Stargazing Trip 23
Chapter 3: Binocular Astronomy 39
Chapter 4: Your First Telescope 57
Chapter 5: Taking It Further: Astrophotography 81
Part II: Joining the Dots: Learning Your Way Around the Night Sky 91
Chapter 6: The Fixed Stars 93
Chapter 7: The Wanderers 105
Chapter 8: The Constellations 131
Chapter 9: Mapping the Skies 149
Part III: Star Hopping 165
Chapter 10: Northern Polar Constellations 167
Chapter 11: Stars of December, January and February 183
Chapter 12: Stars of March, April and May 211
Chapter 13: Stars of June, July and August 241
Chapter 14: Stars of September, October and November 271
Chapter 15: Southern Polar Constellations 293
Part IV: The Part of Tens 309
Chapter 16: Ten Targets for New Stargazers 311
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Look for under a Dark Sky 315
Index 321