Editorial Review:
A thorough revision of the bestselling guide to the night sky - over 100,000 copies sold! The first edition of The Star Guide introduced readers of all ages to the wonders of the night sky. Now comes the highly anticipated revised edition, expertly updated by one of the world's leading writers on astronomy and space. Illustrated throughout in full color, the guide features spectacular new photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, more than 60 easy-to-use star charts, and an invaluable detachable planisphere. Special sections explain the nature of stars and galaxies and what makes the universe tick.
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Perfect for Beginners  2007-08-14
Beautifully illustrated yet still a practical guide to viewing and navigating around the sky from anywhere during any month. Good grounding on stars, Deep Sky Objects, and solar system neighbors.
Good for beginners  2006-06-09
I bought this because it was recommended in Pennington's "The Year-Round Messier Marathon" as a source to help navigate the night sky. Unfortunately, that part was only one page. The rest was an introduction to astronomy geared to the beginner. As such, it looked pretty good. (So I sold mine to a friend just starting out in astronomy.)
I quickly put this on the shelf. 2001-02-21
This was my very first book on astronomy and it was quickly replaced by another book. There are better beginners guides to buy.While the maps are of good quality, blue background and divided by the month, I quickly learned that the maps contain errors in placement of some celestial objects. Organization of the description of the constellations in the monthly section is poor because you have to jump around to different pages to locate a description of nearly half of the constellations for that month. While there are in-depth analysis of the most commonly known constellations, the infomation on the lesser known constellations would be better organized as a separate section with a small skymap for each. The sections on the Moon, Planets and Sun are good, but most amature astronomers veiw this information as a side interest. These sections should be condensed and more space given to the constellations. Better treatment of our solar system would be on how to view these objects. The planisphere that comes with the book is mediocre. A spiral bound form of the book with dew-resistant pages would be better. My recommendation would be to get Nightwatch, the Audubon pocket guide, and David Levy's Guide to the Stars.
A book for beginners that's a reference for the experienced. 1998-10-20
A large format book with full color throughout, this work takes beginning star-gazers by the hand and quickly shows them what, when, where, and how. Its detail is presented logically and intuitively such that it makes a very nice reference for the experienced amateur astronomer as well.
Well written with great photographs and charts. 1998-10-06
This book is a great introductory book on astronomy. Not only is it replete with information on and pictures of the moon, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies, it is a very practical, visually-oriented guide for the amateur astronomer.
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