The Star Guide

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the international bestselling guide to the night sky puts the universe at your fingertips, featuring more than 60 easy-to-read colour star charts that map the heavens - month by month and season by season - as different stars and constellations come and go.- Easy to use and lavishly illustrated, The Star Guide is expertly written by one of the world's leading writers on astronomy and space.- The high-quality planisphere is an invaluable tool for following the stars and constellations visible every hour of every night of the year.- Backing up visual observations of the night sky, special information sections provide essential reading to help understand the nature of stars and galaxies and what makes the universe tick.- Spectacular new images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope are the highlights of more than 150 full-colour photographs that provide the stunning backdrop to this unparalleled study of the night sky.