Book description
A first-time skywatcher's guide from bright new talent, BBC Blue Peter
astronomer, Anton Vamplew
Most books on stargazing claim to be for beginners, but by page 12 are
talking about celestial equators and sidereal months. No wonder so many
people have planispheres but no idea how to use them.
Working at the planetarium in Greenwich, Anton has met hundreds of
enthusiastic but utterly bemused beginners of all ages, and has made
sense of the night sky for them. In this book he introduces the night
sky just as if he were by your side, pointing everything out. And
contrary to popular belief, you don't need any expensive equipment to
start skygazing. Anton takes you through all the things you can discover
with just the naked eye.
The book is suitable for use in the northern and southern hemispheres
- two sections give equal coverage to where to start and what you can
see wherever you are in the world, whenever. Anton's profile is on the
rise as Britain's new face of astronomy. For seven years he was the BBC
Blue Peter astronomer, and he currently appears regularly on the BBC 7
Big Toe Radio Show, as well as on TV and radio news shows commenting on
space and astronomy stories. He writes monthly for both the BBC Sky at
Night magazine and the BBC Space website. Anton is also a presenter,
writer and producer of planetarium shows, where he is dedicated to
getting the astronomy message across to all ages.
