Photo-guide to the constellations
Subtitle: a self-teaching guide to finding your way around the heavens
By: Chris Kitchin.
Series: Practical astronomy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Constellations -- Observers' manuals.; Constellations -- Pictorial works -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: There are many books on finding your way round the night sky, but the Photo-guide to the Constellations is unique in showing photographs of how the sky really looks under a variety of different seeing conditions, from city outskirts to the almost-perfect skies deep in the countryside. Along with a detailed step-by-step guide to "star hopping" and other useful techniques, these make this an invaluable guide for all newcomers to astronomy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-144) and index.