2020 Guide to the Night Sky. Storm Dunlop

      

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       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

       The Constellations

The Northern Circumpolar Constellations

The Winter Constellations

The Spring Constellations

The Summer Constellations

       The Autumn Constellations

       The Moon and the Planets

       The Moon

       Map of the Moon

       Eclipses

       The Planets

       Minor Planets

       Comets

       Introduction to the Month-by-Month Guide

       Month-by-Month Guide

       January

       February

       March

       April

       May

       June

       July

       August

       September

       October

       November

       December

       Dark Sky Sites

       Glossary and Tables

       Acknowledgements

       Further Information

       About the Publisher

       Introduction

      The aim of this Guide is to help people find their way around the night sky, by showing how the stars that are visible change from month to month and by including details of various events that occur throughout the year. The objects and events described may be observed with the naked eye, or nothing more complicated than a pair of binoculars.

      The conditions for observing naturally