Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

I bought it on recommendation from various astronomy websites and the book lives up to its reputation. I have completed the 1st 4 chapters to confidently say that it was the right decision to start the journey. Book begins with fascination of the night sky, continues to explain the scale of our solar system, galaxy & finally the entire visible universe of now. The explanation of the scale give a good foundation to begin to grasp the scope & scale of the stars while looking at the then in the night sky either it be naked eye, binoculars or with telescope. Next comes the guide on how to identify the Star with maps. Didn't get to see anything till now due to cloudy sky locally but, am confident that I will know where and how to look for them. 5 Star for the book.

This book has tremendously helped in my astronomy career.The book explains thoroughly even the craters on the moon,start chart, how to spot ursa major, how to use the night sky as time measurement & seasons, how to buy telescopes and so on. Besides, its paper quality is excellent. Highly recommended for amateur astronomers & astrophile.

Got this @1975/- Regarding this purchase guys belive me it's the best book for those who really want to know astronomy or astrophotography. Superb purchase.5stars given.Thanks

The book is a great tool for a would be amateur sky gazer

I love this book. It is very useful who love to watch night sky.

Super book, Worth buying. Beginners can easily follow and everything is well explained. Thanks to authors. 5 stars.

A wonderfully written book.

Good and very illustrative. Delivery was swift & neat

Vale a pena cada centavos. Livro muito bem estruturado desde os conceitos básico até outros assuntos para quem já estudou e estuda astronomia. As astrofotografia e ilustrações bem feitas levam a uma experiência muito boa durante a leitura deste livro.

easy to understand even for people with zero experience in stargazing

L'ho comprato per imparare a 'leggere' il cielo notturno, avere una mappa solare, e alcune indicazioni circa l'acquisto del mio primo telescopio. Se quest'ultimo punto può mostrare le debolezza di un approccio non solo necessariamente semplicistico, ma anche ovviamente senza poter parlare degli effettivi prodotti in commercio (marche, prezzi, ecc); ma questo è anche un punto di forza che ci fa capire cosa conta davvero in un telescopio, e per cosa lo potremo usare - e specialmente non usare. Divulgativo ma non banale tutto il resto; ho imparato tantissime informazioni. Non eccezionale la rilegatura ad anelli fino a che non si usi la mappa stellare: a quel punto si ringraziano gli editori per la scelta... Consigliato.

This will interest most people in to doing at least one session of star gazing. This is something everyone should do before they die. Dickinson is a master at making it all so easy and obvious USING ONLY YOUR EYES. A set of cheap binoculars is handy for looking at the moon when you can't see what everyone else claims they can in the stars. Highly recommended.

If I had to choose only one astronomy book, I would definitely go for this one for beginner and intermediate level visual astronomers. I already own 8 books of this type. There's are better ones for specific fields, but this one is a very, very good all rounder that