Mortillaro, Nicole
Summary: "2024 Night Sky Almanac is the ideal resource for both novice and experienced sky watchers in the United States and Canada, with all the advice, information and data that enthusiasts need to understand and enjoy the wonders of the night sky. This in-depth guide first introduces readers to the objects in the sky--from stars, to comets, to globular clusters--and then takes them through the cosmic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 523 MORHunter, Tim B.
Summary: "This is a guidebook for the naked eye viewing and enjoyment of the night sky. The book assumes the reader is literate but not particularly knowledgeable about the sky. Emphasis is on naked eye viewing with an occasional reference to using binoculars or a small telescope. Any time of day or night is fair game for an observing session, though there is an emphasis on early evening viewing, often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Arizona Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 HUNDunlop, Storm
Summary: "A comprehensive month-by-month handbook to the stars and constellations visible from North America in 2019, this practical guidebook is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Features include: Advice on where to start looking and how to navigate ths sky; Easy-to-use star and constellation maps for each month with descriptions of what you will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books, Ltd. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 DUNConsolmagno, Guy
Summary: "A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 523 CONPasachoff, Jay M.
Summary: The fourth edition of this best-selling field guide has been completely revised and updated to include the latest information from leading astronomical sources. All the time-sensitive material is new and valid through 2017: solar eclipses, phases of the moon, positions of the planets, and more. Twenty-four Monthly Sky Maps, all newly revised and in color, show exactly what you'll see when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523 PASPoppele, Jonathan.
Summary: Take a simple approach to finding 62 constellations by focusing on one constellation at a time, instead of attempting to study dizzying charts. Start with the easy-to-find constellations during each season and work toward the more difficult ones. Better yet, you'll learn how to locate any constellation in relation to the Big Dipper, the North Star, and the top of the sky. With two ways to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure 2009
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Summary: Volume packed full of information that illuminates key astronomical concepts along side the history and legends surrounding the stars and planets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2019