Sky Astronomy

This book will interest anyone who marvels at the night sky and would like to learn to recognise constellations and identify the brightest stars by name.

Many lights and other objects in the sky go unrecognised, or at least are little understood by those observing them. Such things range from the commonplace like rainbows and meteors, to the distinctly unusual like the green flash and ball lightning. And there is still a residuum of objects that remain unidentified by the watcher – classed generally as ‘UFOs’, a description which today has connotations of the mysterious, even of extraterrestrial visitors.

Much is yet to be discovered about the fascinating large-scale structures of the universe.