num_pages: 208
description: On one level An Intimate Look at the Night Sky is a unique star twenty-four beautiful star maps created specifically for this book cycle through the seasons and across the heavens revealing what you can see with the naked eye throughout the year on a clear night in the northern hemisphere. Raymo's commentaries amplify the maps offering intriguing details and tips on identifying stars planets and constellations. On another level Chet Raymo challenges our imagination-to see what is unseeable in the universe to perceive distance and size and shape that is inconceivable to appreciate ever more fully our extraordinary place in the cosmos. His elegant essays on the heavens blend science and history mythology and religion making clear why he is one of the most insightful and passionate science writers of our time.
language: English
title: An Intimate Look at the Night Sky
publisher: Bloomsbury USA