2021 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere

A Month-by-Month Guide to Exploring the Skies Above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

Storm Dunlop, Wil Tirion, Collins Astronomy (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2020
Collins (Verlag)
978-0-00-839979-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2021.


Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible from New Zealand and South Africa.


Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion.


Content includes:




Advice on where to start looking
Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see
Special, detailed charts for positions of planets, minor planets and comets in 2021
Seasonal charts
Details of dark sky sites
Details of objects and events you might see in 2021
Diagrams of notable events visible from Australia, and some for New Zealand and South Africa


Also available: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Britain and Ireland and
A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America.

Autor

Storm Dunlop is an experienced Astronomy and meteorology author and translator. Books include Gem Weather (Collins, 2012), Meteorology Manual (Haynes, 2014), Practical Astronomy (Philip’s, 2012) and is the lead author for the bestselling annual Guide to the Night Sky (Collins). Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and a member of the International Astronomical Union.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 180 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 0-00-839979-4 / 0008399794
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-839979-5 / 9780008399795
• Zustand: Neuware