The Stargazer's Guide: How to Read Our Night Sky

by Emily Winterburn

Overview

The Stargazer’s Guide is an accessible astronomy guide to the history, science, and myth of the night sky, perfect for anyone entranced by the stars. Guiding readers through what there is to see in the sky, why it’s interesting, and how previous generations viewed and interpreted it, expert stargazer Emily Winterburn entertains and informs with this fun, accessible, and appealing look at the beauty of the heavens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061789694
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/24/2009
Pages:	280
Sales rank:	962,911
Product dimensions:	6.28(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

As the curator of Astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Emily Winterburn was responsible for one of the world's most important astronomy collections. She has written for the BBC and Astronomy Now magazine and has appeared on the BBC's What the Ancients Did for Us, the Channel 4 News, and In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg. She lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two children and works at the Leeds University History of Science Museum.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii

Introduction 1

1 April and the Bears 10

2 May and Hercules 37

3 June and the Sun 63

4 July and Bayer's Menagerie 82

5 August and Lacaille's Mountain 102

6 September and the Milky Way 121

7 October and Orion the Hunter 145

8 November and Shooting Stars 164

9 December and Queen Cassiopeia 184

10 January, Tea and Stars 203

11 February, Jason and the Argonauts 222

12 March, Astrology and the Zodiac 241

Afterword 265

Further Reading 268

Picture Credits 271

Index 274

Editorial Reviews

Fascinating. . . . After reading this book, viewing the night sky will be a much more meaningful and rewarding experience.” — Astronomy Now

From the Publisher

Fascinating. . . . After reading this book, viewing the night sky will be a much more meaningful and rewarding experience.

Astronomy Now