Stargazing for Beginners: A User-Friendly Guide for Locating and Understanding ConstellationsStargazing for Beginners is an easy-to-use tool for viewing constellations, meteors, the sun and moon, and even the planets. Stargazing for Beginners includes: -- Monthly constellation charts -- Easy-to-follow lessons -- Tips on selecting instruments -- A practical appendix -- Alphabetically arranged descriptions of each constellation and daily and seasonal changes in their positions. |
Common terms and phrases
Alpha Altair ancient Andromeda Antares Aquarius Aquila Arcturus Aries astronomers Auriga autumn Bear Betelgeuse Big Dipper binoculars Boötes bright stars brighter brightest star called Camelopardis Cancer Canis Major Canis Minor Capricornus Cassiopeia Celestial Pole Centaurus Cepheus Cetus charts and Southern color constellation Corvus Crater Cygnus dark Deneb Draco earth east Eridanus faint stars fainter Fomalhaut galaxy Gemini Greek mythology Hercules Hydra invented Lacaille Lacerta Libra lies light-years light-years distant look lunar eclipse Lynx Lyra magnitude meteors Milky Monoceros moon moves moon's named nearby Nebula night North Star northern Ophiuchus orbit Orion overhead P.M. ST Pegasus penumbra Perseus Pisces planets Procyon Rigel rises Sagittarius Scorpius seen Serpens Sirius sky also appears small telescope solar eclipse Southern Hemisphere southern horizon Southern Sky chart spring star charts star clusters string of faint Summer Triangle tail Taurus total eclipse Triangulum umbra United Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vega Virgo visible winter zodiac ᎠᎢ