NG Backyard Guide to the Night Sky Hardcover – Import, 7 July 2009

This Book is book of great help for a budding star gazer. I would recommend this book for any star gazer.

This is a book with very superficial and general content, and meant for those who want to "show" others that they are into backyard astronomy. Although well-written and complete in its own way, it fails to address the spirit of a common stargazer who would enjoy the simple happiness of gazing into the night sky and appreciating its beauty. In one word this book is "professional". If you are really serious about taking up amateur astronomy as hobby, I suggest you go for "Nightwatch" by Terence Dickinson.

It wasn't what I expected.I what'd more explanations.I was planing to use it for grade 8 science class

For a used book, I'm very pleased with the shape it's in. The cover looks like someone lugged it around, which it's meant to be brought outside to observe with, but the inside looks like the pages were never turned. The book itself is informative and well written with nice photos and illustrations. National Geo usually does a good job. A lot of thanks goes to the seller I got the book from for being so prompt and sending me such a nice product. (tkayrh was who I bought it from and yes that's how it's spelled)Thanks tkayrh

This book is an ideal guide for everyone who wants to gain some knowledge of the sky and its phenomena.The guide is structured into different chapters explaining how the universe works, using explination which are for all categories of readers understandable. It is escapially really good for all kind of audience from a stargazing beginner to a more experieced hobby astronomer.I like most the star charters for spring, summer, autumn and winter which give one a good orientation for looking for different constellations and the explanations about the orign of these constellations.

Best astronomy book I've read this year. I have to start with the illustrations which are superb and some of which I wish could be framed. The content is well written and delves into a bit of history. The sections on the constellations are in ALPHABETICAL order! How easy it is to use it as a reference guide along with other books to maneuver your way around the subject.

A well writen and accurate account of what you will find in our night sky.Plenty of good photo's, many illustrations that explain what you are looking for and where to look for them.Helpful tips about telescopes, and even using your digital camera with them.If you know someone interested in the stars, this is a perfect book for them. At 286 pages deep and only about A5 size it is a good size for reading on the go and having with you when you visit different parts of the world.