Title:
2024 night sky almanac : a month-by-month guide to North America's skies from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2023.
Physical Description:
128 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780228104322
Abstract:
"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 events to look out for each month in 2024, with sky maps, moon phase charts and info about the planets. This 2024 edition of Night Sky Almanac features eight additional pages of content, including more information about our visible universe, photos of different telescope types and a new section about asteroids."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- Handy sky measures -- The night sky: A cosmic time machine -- Binoculars and telescopes -- Stars -- Constellations -- Comets, Asteroids and Meteors (Meteor showers in 2024) -- The Moon (Observing the Moon) -- The Sun (Observing the Sun) -- Eclipses (Eclipses 2024) -- The Northern lights -- The Planets -- Deep-sky objects (Galaxies) -- The Sky month-by-month -- The Messier catalog.
Genre:
Language:
English
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