Nationwide Geographic Stargazer’s Atlas: The Final Information to the Evening Sky

Richly illustrated with luminous pictures and informative maps and graphics, this expansive ebook is the proper information for everybody discovering the wonders of the night time sky, from these simply studying the constellations to devoted telescope observers.

Combining science, exploration, and storytelling, Nationwide Geographic Stargazer’s Atlas invitations readers to roam the night time sky for constellations, planets and moons, eclipses, comets and meteor showers, auroras, and deep-sky treasures together with nebulae and galaxies―many seen to the bare eye and all with binoculars or a yard telescope.

Starting with primary house science and together with a whole set of night time sky maps for all 4 seasons within the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, this fascinating ebook guides the reader towards essentially the most rewarding observations. A novel chapter on astrotourism highlights historical observatories, dark-sky preserves, and different world locations for the sky-seeking traveler; a last chapter particulars present and future house missions and what they may uncover.

Richly illustrated with awe-inspiring imagery―together with photographs from house missions and telescopes, science-based artists’ interpretations, and explanatory graphics―the ebook additionally accommodates 170 maps and charts of planets, moons, and constellations, from Earth’s moon to moons of Saturn. Sensible recommendation all through helps readers see what they’ve been studying about, constructing key observational expertise corresponding to “star hopping” from easy-to-find stars to fainter deep-sky objects and specializing in “deep sky treasures:” areas wealthy in observable phenomena.

Approachable and authoritative, attractive and interesting, Nationwide Geographic Stargazer’s Atlas will intrigue all who like to gaze up in marvel on the night time sky―and discover themselves eager to know extra.

From the Writer

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY

The winter sky as seen from Germany. The constellation Orion (The Hunter) is within the heart, with the road of three vibrant stars forming his belt.

EXPLORE ALL 88 CONSTELLATIONS

A sprawling constellation that ranks because the fifth largest in your entire sky, Hercules is straightforward to trace down because it lies between the good stars Vega and Arcturus. Hercules is really an previous determine within the sky, predating even the traditional Romans and the Greeks earlier than them.

Photograph Credit score: ESA/Hubble

Seen: Northern Hemisphere
Finest Seen: Late spring and summer season
Important Stars: 14
Brightest Star: Kornephoros, 2.78 magazine.
Deep Sky Objects: Abell 39, NGC 6210, Abell 2151

NAVIGATE THE SKY

Simply as we use terrestrial maps to search out locations on Earth, we use star charts to trace down celestial treasures.

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Writer ‏ : ‎ Nationwide Geographic (October 25, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1426222203
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1426222207
Studying age ‏ : ‎ 1 12 months and up
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.75 x 1.35 x 13.9 inches