National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky
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Richly illustrated with a luminous and informative collection of maps, photographs, and graphics, this atlas is the perfect companion for exploring the wonders of the universe as viewed from Earth. This expansive illustrated atlas invites readers to roam the night sky for constellations, planets and moons, eclipses, comets and meteor showers, auroras, and deep-sky treasures including nebulae and galaxies—many visible to the naked eye and all with binoculars or a backyard telescope. Beginning with basic space science and including a complete set of night sky maps for all four seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, this fascinating book guides the reader toward the most rewarding observations. A unique chapter on astro-tourism highlights ancient observatories, dark-sky preserves, and other global destinations for the sky-seeking traveller; a final chapter details current and future space missions and what they might discover. Richly illustrated with awe-inspiring imagery—including photos from space missions and telescopes, science-based artists’ interpretations, and explanatory graphics—the book also contains 170 maps and charts of planets, moons, and constellations, from Earth’s moon to moons of Saturn. Practical advice throughout helps readers see what they have been reading about, building key observational skills such as “star hopping” from easy-to-find stars to fainter deep-sky objects and focusing on “deep sky treasures:” areas rich in observable phenomena. Approachable and authoritative, gorgeous and fascinating, this large-format illustrated atlas will intrigue all who love to gaze up in wonder at the night sky—and find themselves wanting to know more. Review: Beautiful book - Book arrived safetly in strong box, I have many books about space + astronomy, have been an amateur Astronomer since living in Africa in the 1960s, this book is large, heavy and full of beautiful images. I thougherly enjoyed leafing through it's multiple pages adorned with magnificent pictures, the text is written well and explains in detail a lot of useful information. The book allowed me to feel the awe I love to feel standing under the canopy of the heavens and on cloudy nights will leaf through the pages of this book to feel that Awe again and again. Well done National Geographic this book is awesome,and will grace my Library for many years to come. Review: Stargazers atlas - Good Xmas present or for anyone who’s interested in astronomy. Sturdy and reasonably prised
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 375 Reviews |
B**Y
Beautiful book
Book arrived safetly in strong box, I have many books about space + astronomy, have been an amateur Astronomer since living in Africa in the 1960s, this book is large, heavy and full of beautiful images. I thougherly enjoyed leafing through it's multiple pages adorned with magnificent pictures, the text is written well and explains in detail a lot of useful information. The book allowed me to feel the awe I love to feel standing under the canopy of the heavens and on cloudy nights will leaf through the pages of this book to feel that Awe again and again. Well done National Geographic this book is awesome,and will grace my Library for many years to come.
N**N
Stargazers atlas
Good Xmas present or for anyone who’s interested in astronomy. Sturdy and reasonably prised
G**K
Excellent resumé and good quality.
Quite a large size book, however very well produced and gives a good historical and current review of astronomy.
G**D
Birthday present
Bought as a present. Good quality and lots of clear diagrams and information.
D**A
The book seems not being brand new, a lot of scratches and dirty parts on it
The content of the book was good, but the book itself seems not to be brand new, and there are a lot of scratches and dirty parts. Perhaps it was on display in some book shop, and was then sold as brand new. As shown in the photos.
D**!
Good book, bad condition
Received in a scratched up, peeling/delaminating condition. Not the book’s fault. It’s an impressive book. It was poorly packaged in a large box with nothing to keep it from banging around.
K**V
I highly recommend to anyone interested in astronomy and space!
The book is great! It's big and has a lot of pictures and information to learn about. It has maps of Venus and Mars and other planets and moons, and star maps for both the northern and southern hemispheres. I recommend this book to anyone who loves learning about the Stars
B**O
Avaliação
Excelente em todos os sentidos
R**Z
Hermoso
Impresión de gran calidad y bonitas fotos
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