Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

This is one of the best astronomy books. Contains a lot of wisdom for not too much cash. If you read the book carefully it can save its own cost in things you either didn’t need or had to replace, especially when starting out with astronomy.

This is a fantastic book and is very informative and easy to use. This is a great value book with lots if easy to use information about the night sky.

I bought this as a gift for a friend who had just taken up astronomy and wanted something to use as a guide to the night sky. This is perfect. Easy to understand, superb illustrations, and much easier to use than most other, similar books. In fact, I canot think of anything that would improve it.

Excellently set out guide to looking at the universe. I’ve enjoyed the book and learning where to find the stars in the night sky

Not much given to writing reviews; but I can spare a few moments for this particular book. My Telescope is set up and racing to ambient , the sky look's promising...... No prizes for guessing I'm into Astronomy. If you are at all interested in the night sky, maybe fancy trying to identify that red and green sparkle on the horizon, or that curious formation of stars.. 5,6 or is it 7? that are rising into the sky just as you take the dog out for his last walk. Then BUY THIS BOOK!!! . Thats all I've got to say really; Clear Sky's to All

I have had this book for some 3 weeks now. I am still find it amazing. I first came across this book when on holiday in Oz. A receptionist had it on display, amongst other stargazing books. She did demonstrations for hotel visitors and gave a fasinating talk, and view through a telescope of the stars. I am thinking of buying another one, for my mother. The book is well written and not much maths in it, (thank goodness). It is very easy to understand and, at the same time, causes your brain to 'stretch' as you try to conceptualise the vastness of it all. Brilliant.

bRILLIANT BOOK for the beginner; Fabulous illustrations and night charts - absolutely fantSTIC. very informative regarding equipment and other related topics.

Bought this for my brother who's approaching a 'big' birthday so haven't used it yet. Lovely present - well designed and attractive and love the spiral binding so you can use it flat. Looks really inviting to use so I'm sure it'll get him going on his new hobby.

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