2023 Guide to the Night Sky - North America Edition: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above North America

by Storm Dunlop

Overview

This is the ideal gift for beginners and experienced stargazers in the United States and Canada and has been updated to include new and practical information covering events occurring in North America's night sky throughout 2023.

This practical guide is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Now includes a section on comets and a map of the moon.

Content includes:

•Advice on where to start looking.
•Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see.
•Positions of the moon and visible planets.
•Details of objects and events in 2023.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008532581
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	12/01/2022
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,017,001
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

The Constellations

The Northern Circumpolar Constellations 10

The Winter Constellations 12

The Spring Constellations 13

The Summer Constellations 14

The Autumn Constellations 15

The Moon and the Planets

The Moon 16

Map of the Moon 18

Eclipses 20

The Planets 22

Minor Planets 26

Comets 28

Introduction to the Month-by-Month Guide 30

Month-by-Month Guide

January 34

February 40

March 46

April 52

May 58

June 64

July 70

August 76

September 82

October 88

November 94

December 100

Dark Sky Sites 106

Glossary and Tables 109

Acknowledgements 111

Further Information 112