Heavens Above! A Binocular Guide to the Southern Skies.
This book has 158 pages, is A5 in size and contains over 80 diagrams and charts to help the reader to find their way about the night sky and also locate binocular objects in 56 constellations. The book is aimed at the lay person with minimal knowledge of astronomy but more experienced amateurs have also benefited from the directions in the book.
To benefit from this book:
- you need no prior knowledge of the starry sky or astronomy.
- for those who don’t have a telescope but have or are thinking of buying a pair of binoculars.
Are you ever curious about the patterns of stars in the sky and those glowing knots and patches of light amongst them? In this book, the author takes you through all the constellations visible from the Southern Hemisphere which have objects visible through binoculars. This includes the planets and many globular clusters, open clusters, gaseous nebulae, galaxies, double stars and asterisms that can be found with humble field glasses.
This book contains:
- charts showing 56 of the 88 constellations with the locations of binocular objects they contain and descriptions and details of each object
- maps for each month of the year showing the location of the constellations in the sky to the north and south
This is an excellent introduction to observational astronomy for beginners of all ages.