Turn Left at Orion

A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders.

Guy Consolmagno (Author), Dan M. Davis (Author)

9781108457569, Cambridge University Press

Spiral bound, published 24 January 2019

256 pages
31 x 26.2 x 2.3 cm, 1.21 kg

'The book fills a gap between guides to the constellations for newcomers and detailed star atlases. I will have no hesitation in recommending it at outreach events to those who are interested enough in astronomy to buy a small telescope.' Mike Rushton, The Observatory

With over 150,000 copies sold since its first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. This unique guidebook to the night sky shows you how to observe a host of celestial wonders. Its distinct format of object-by-object spreads illustrates how deep-sky objects and planets actually look through a small telescope, while its large pages and spiral binding allow for use outside. Along with updated star names and astronomical information, this new edition provides links to a dedicated webpage with up-to-date tables and images, and an improved planets chapter. The many Dobsonian-friendly images and small telescope views have been revised to account for changes in modern telescope technology, such as larger field of view eyepieces. With dedicated chapters on Northern and Southern Hemisphere objects, it's never been easier to explore the night sky, wherever you are. Additional resources are available on the accompanying website: www.cambridge.org/turnleft.

1. How do you get to Albireo?
2. How to use this book
3. Using your telescope
4. The Moon
5. The Sun
6. Observing planets
7. Seasonal skies: January–March
8. Seasonal skies: April–June 90
9. Seasonal skies: July–September
10. Seasonal skies: October–December
11. Northern skies
12. Southern skies
13. About this fifth edition
14. Where do you go from here?
Tables
Index.

Subject Areas: Astronomical charts & atlases [PGT], Astronomy, space & time [PG], Popular science [PDZ]