Canada StarWatch: The Essential Guide to Our Night Sky

CANADA STARWATCH helps stargazers of all levels learn how and when to identify the major constellations at their latitude. This book also serves as an accessible and in-depth beginner's guide to the stars. With chapters on the makings and movements of stars, the mythology of the constellations, the ever-changing moon, the planets, and buying a telescope, this guide is essential reading for any aspiring stargazer. Includes 12 monthly star maps set for Canada skies, 21 constellation diagrams, a local resources guide, a planet locator, a list of the brightest stars in Canada, and more than 80 beautiful color photographs of the heavens.