Includes details of the solar eclipse. The bestselling month-by-month handbook to the stars and constellations visible from Britain and Ireland in 2015. This practical guidebook is both an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers.
Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion, and approved by the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Content includes:
- Details of the total solar eclipse on March 20th, 2015 - use alongside your solar eclipse glasses.
- Advice on where to start looking.
- Easy-to-use star maps for each month with descriptions of what to see.
- Positions of the moon and visible planets.
- Details of objects and events you might see in 2015.
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World, making it the official starting point for each new day and year. It is also home to London's only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK's largest refracting telescope. It runs the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Storm Dunlop is an experienced Astronomy and meteorology author and
translator. Books include Clouds (Haynes, 2019), Gem Weather (Collins,
2012), How to Read the Weather (National Trust, 2018), Meteorology
Manual (Haynes, 2014), Practical Astronomy (Philip’s, 2012) and is the
lead author for the bestselling annual Guide to the Night Sky (Collins).
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Meteorological
Society and a member of the International Astronomical Union.
Wil Tirion was trained in graphic arts and has always had an interest in astronomy and especially star charts. In 1983 he became a self-employed full time Uranographer. Since then he has contributed to many atlases, books and magazines. In 1987 he received the ‘Dr. J. van der Bilt-prize’, a Dutch award for amateur astronomers. In 1993 this was followed by a second, more international ‘award’, when a minor planet was named after him: (4648) Tirion = 1931 UE.