The National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky

A handbook for skygazers that combines the best in astrophotography with a unique system of beautiful and easy-to-read star charts. Designed to make it simple for the reader to find and identify every major natural celestial object visible throughout the year with up-to-the-minute research and clear, accessible text, charts, and cross-references. 410 illustrations.

The Star Guide: Learn how to Read the Night Sky Star by Star

Totally visual, totally accessible, The Star Guide is a guide to actual observation of the night sky--what you can see for yourself with the naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. Includes a rotating "planisphere" that enables the reader to locate the positions of constellations. 300 color photos and illustrations.

Stars and Planets

A wonderful handbook for the amateur astronomer, Stars and Planets contains 175 star maps and charts, plus 30 stunning full-color photographs of heavenly objects. Detailed text accompanies each star chart and guides star gazers to the most fascinating objects in the night sky on a month-by-month basis.

Discover the Stars

Thirty-five sky maps lead beginging stargazers on a tour of the heavens.

The Backyard Astronomer's Guide

An essential reference tool for both beginning and veteran sky observers. Drawing on decades of stargazing experience, the authors suggest what equipment to buy and what to avoid, describe observing techniques, and explain how to hunt down the most interesting celestial objects. Each chapter is illustrated with the latest, breathtaking astrophotography.

365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year

For amateur and advanced astronomers, a guide to the heavens for every night of the year, with hundreds of charts, drawings, and maps.

The Practical Astronomer

The Practical Astronomer is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the basic techniques of astronomy. Profusely illustrated with 283 photographs, drawings, diagrams, and charts, it shows amateur astronomers not only what to look for, but how to go about looking.

The Lawnchair Astronomer

The latest book in the "Armchair" series, this essential guide to charting the heavens from your own backyard teaches readers--in an easy-to-understand, non-technical style--how to view the night sky and what to look for. The book includes tips on how to purchase astronomy equipment, indexes for lunar and solar eclipses and recurring meteor showers, and a star map.

The Monthly Sky Guide

An easy-to-use, month-by-month handbook for anyone wanting to identify constellations, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and meteor showers, or to plot the movement of the planets, this beginner's guide offers a clear and simple introduction to the skies of the northern hemisphere. The positions of the planets are listed to the end of the year 2000. 50 sky maps.

Skyguide

An illustrated guide to watching the stars.

40 Nights to Knowing the Sky: A Night-By-Night Skywatching Primer

Starting with simple instructions on learning one''s way around the night sky and progressing to more challenging concepts, this ingenious program takes readers to a deeper level of knowledge and understanding of the night sky. 70 illustrations & charts.

Advanced Skywatching

Picking up where Skywatching left off, here is an invaluable, advanced observer's primer and field guide to the night sky.

Stars & Planets: The Sierra Club Guide to Sky Watching & Direction Finding

This unique handbook clearly shows step-by-step how to locate major stars, planets, and constellations anywhere on both sides of the equator with the naked eye--and get direction from the sky. Other topics include the cycles of the moon, new stars, comets, meteors, and more. Line drawings.