Discover the Stars: Starwatching Using the Naked Eye, Binoculars, or a Telescope

This is an excellent beginner's look at understanding what you can see in the night skies with your naked eyes. Chapter One begins with some brief explanations of why the stars appear to move the way they do. Then moves to monthly charts that are easy to understand and with solid explanations as to what the sky holds during each month. Each month is covered by a 2 page spread with one page of text info about the chart and the facing page showing a sky chart. Remember that these charts are geared toward naked-eye viewing so the charts simply show the stars within the constellations viewable that month. Chapter Two begins with some basic info about types of telescopes available, how they work and what accessories are available. Chapter Three contains more detailed charts of the skies (think zoomed in for more detail), plus info about astronomical measurement, variable stars, double stars, star clusters, nebulae, the Milky Way and other galaxies. It also contains instructions for using the star charts. Chapter Four is a brief exploration of the Moon, Chapter Five a brief view of the planets. Chapter Six encourages further exploration of astronomy with sources. These Chapters are followed by a list of constellations and what charts show them, and an Appendix showing which chart to use on particular dates and times. The book a book with "only" 128 pages "Discovering the Stars" is a very thorough introduction to the night sky.

This is an awsome book. I am an accomplished amateur astronomer and have tons of books but this the book I use to quick reference what Messier objects are visible in a particular constellation. I have literally worn a copy out thumbing back and forth in it. It would be a perfect first astronomy book for the budding binocular astronomer.

Good book. The price is very good

This relatively slim volume is chock full of useful information for the beginner, and at a very reasonable price. It also includes a monthly all-sky chart for each month, and then 21 detailed charts of the constellations with facing pages suggesting the best objects to view in each constellation. It is really a gem!

Perfect for a beginner or smarty

Just like the title says, this book was gifted to me along with an EduScience telescope when I was 9. It has remained one of my favorite books! We used it with a glow in the dark Star Finder, and I have so many happy memories of looking at the stars with it. Now that my friends' kids are growing up, there are plans in the works to use the book, telescope, and Star Finder to introduce them to the wonders of astronomy!

As described in many places, this book lives up to the expectation. A nice introductory book on star-gazing. Our whole family loves the book.

Nice monthly atlas.Protection from flood of too much information.

very instructive...hard for 7-year old, needed a lot of explication...better for older kids...

Should be fine but I don’t know how to update it to my ipod

Easy to read and everything explained well.

A good place to start.👍 If he wants to learn more than that’s another story.