Table of Contents
The Night Sky
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Reasons not to do amateur astronomy
Reasons to do amateur astronomy
Things you’ll always be told
What can we see?
Circumpolar and seasonal stars
Celestial time and position
The Sun and the seasons
The ecliptic and the zodiac
Equipment
Magnitude scale
Horses for courses
The Sun
The Moon
Mercury, Venus, Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors (shooting stars)
Stars
Multiple stars
Variable stars
Novae and Supernovae
Nebulae
Star clusters
Galaxies
Eclipses, occultations, transits
Constellations
Names and Catalogues
Circumpolar stars
Spring stars
Summer stars
Autumn stars
Winter stars
The stars through the year
Winter objects
Circumpolar objects
Autumn objects
Spring objects
Summer objects
Books, magazines, internet
Clubs and Societies
Light pollution
The Legend of the Cepheus Elf?
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Author: Mike Knee
Email: mike.knee@iee.org
Home Page: http://www.oocities.org/trikeshed/
Summary:
A simple guide to the night sky with an emphasis on what you can see and a bias to the UK's high northern latitude
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