National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Night Sky

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.

I bought this book for my husband to use with his new 4 inch telescope and he loves it! This is a great intermediate book, maybe a little more advanced for beginners. If you buy this book with Turn Left at Orion, you'll be off to a great start finding all the messier objects in the night sky. The book also goes in depth in topics like light pollution and how to combat it, constellations, and other interesting astronomy tidbits. The pictures in the book are vivid and colorful. My husband couldn't put it down!

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

Hardbound edition we received seems to have the strength and endurance level to be a "lifetime" volume to hand down to the generations of stargazers. Given as a gift to our kids and grandson, we look forward to hearing about their adventures outdoors, admiring "the heavens declar(ing) the glory of God!!" Two year old regularly points out to Grandma where the moon's location is...he has an early interest! Did find that the book was more "heady" and info-filled than we'd expected. It may work in his favor, since he is brilliant ; ) as only a 2 year old grandson can be!!! We ALL LOVE the STAR MAPS!!

I got this to go along with a new telescope that I am getting for the holidays. I've read it and it seems to be a great companion for a beginning astronomer. It should help me out quite a bit when I finally get my telescope and get some time to use it!! It's well written and easy to follow, which will be perfect!!!

This is such a fun guide to the stars we are really enjoying it, Its a good read and teaches a lot of information about the sky. Great for adults but the grandkids love it too. Cant go wrong with national geographic really a wonderful guide of information. we love it

I was looking for some good information about Astronomy. I am very interested in the subject and have recently purchased an inexpensive telescope. I wanted something to guide me through the vast area of stars, constellations and other celestial bodies. This book fits the bill to a "T", and at a price that was well within my budget.

I was looking for a simple and straightforward night sky guide for family use. With a good constellation map (The Night Sky Star Finder) and a red flashlight, you're good to go. Take it with you when you travel.

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

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

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.

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.

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.