The Stargazer's Guide to the Night Sky

Beautifully illustrated handbook for backyard astronomers by one of the world’s leading creationist astrophysicists/astronomers. Explains basic motions of the heavenly bodies and how celestial orientations are defined, so readers can find objects easily and read star maps. Also, all about telescopes and how to get the best out of them. It explains many of the most important and interesting objects, and for the really serious astronomer, even star clusters, galaxies, and quasars.

Please Note: The Star maps used throughout this book are exclusively Northern Hemisphere and most of the pictured stars are not visible from Australia/NZ/SA (Southern Hemisphere). While the sections on basic astronomy, telescope selection etc remain relevant to us 'down under', overall we feel this issue significantly reduces the usefulness of the book to Southern Hemisphere readers and we have discounted the price to allow for this.