The Southern Sky GuideBoth novice and advanced skywatchers will value this comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to the brilliant and ever-changing sights of the southern sky by night. Readers are introduced to the many and varied objects in the sky and their movements and changing appearances, as well as the ancient myths and legends entwined around the groupings of stars. Featured in this book are two groups of sky charts, designed so that readers can move easily between them. The 24 skyviews show the appearance of the whole night sky every two weeks (or at each hour of sidereal time). The 20 sky charts show particular areas of the night sky in detail and are accompanied by explanatory text. This new edition also features: • digitally re-drawn skyviews, sky charts and map of the surface of the Moon • a table of planet positions up to 2017 |
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9 pm Achernar Alpha Andromeda Antares Aquarius Argo Aries Beta Betelgeuse binoculars bright stars brighter Double stars brighter NORTH brightest star brightish Canis Major Canis Minor Canopus Capricornus Carina celestial equator Centauri Cetus clusters Globular star clusters Planetary Nebulae Conj Sun constellation DEEPSKY DEEPSKY OBJECTS degrees Dec Deneb diameter Diffuse nebulae Diffuse nebulae Galaxies Double stars east ecliptic Eridanus find first Fomalhaut Galaxies brighter Double Gamma Globular star clusters Hercules HifiOS horizon Hours RA Hydra Leo the Lion Libra lies marks meridian Milky Nebulae Diffuse nebulae nebulae Galaxies brighter night sky northern open cluster Open star clusters Ophiuchus Orion the Hunter Pisces Planetary Nebulae Planetary Nebulae Diffuse Pointers Pole Regulus Rigel Sagittarius Scorpius Sirius Skyview small telescope south-east Southern Fish southern sky star clusters Globular star clusters Planetary stars Open star Taurus Variable stars Variable stars Open Vela zodiac signs