Kingfisher Pocket Guide to the Night Sky

by Carole Stott

This practical guide to the night sky is a must for young astronomers. Packed with information on the sun and moon, the constellations, the solar system, the Milky Way, and beyond, it offers advice and ideas for how to get the most out of studying the night sky. Written by an expert in astronomy, this handy guide is full of facts and figures, diagrams, charts and tables, star maps, and moon charts - everything needed for a night of scientific adventure!

Genres: Reference

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 1994

About the author

Carole Stott has written more than 20 books on astronomy and space, and is a feature writer for the UK magazine Astronomy Now. Carole authored Kingfisher’s popular I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and Other Questions About Space and The Best-Ever Book of Astronomy. Before turning to full-time writing, she was curator, and then head, of the Greenwich Royal Observatory.