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Summer Stargazing is almost over, but your career as an amateur astronomer is just beginning! Here at Cambridge, we have a dedicated team of editors and marketers working on our amateur astronomy titles, and we’ve asked them to highlight a few titles that will keep the learning and excitement going.
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For thousands of years, human beings have wondered if we are alone in the universe. Only recently have we developed the technology to investigate by exploring the far reaches of space for signs of life. In an excerpt from this fall's Life Beyond Earth, join the search for what—or who—might be out there.
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The authors of our bestselling telescope guide Turn Left at Orion offer their expert perspectives on where to get the right telescope, what features to look for, and how to use it.
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It's what it sounds like—taking pictures of space. And it's not just for the Hubble Telescope, you can do it, too. David J. Eicher, the editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine and the author of November's COMETS!, knows a thing or two.
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Not sure how to read a star chart? Help is here! Ian Ridpath is a seasoned astronomer who will answer our questions about how to find what you're looking for in the night sky. We're consulting the August star chart in his Monthly Sky Guide, 9th edition.
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Paul Kinzer is back! In this installment of our Summer Stargazing Q&As, he answers our questions about the planets we might see tonight and cool deep space phenomena in the sky this summer.
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This week in our Summer Stargazing series, Paul Kinzer, author of Stargazing Basics, answers our questions about where and when to stargaze and what to look for. And he took all of these fantastic pictures!
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The Roman astronomer Ptolemy identified 48 constellations in the Almagest around 150 AD. Today, there are 88 on the official list of the International Astronomical Union. Since the days of ancient civilizations (think Homer, the pyramids, etc.), people have been watching the stars and telling stories about them. As a result, there are many varying and contradictory myths for different clusters of stars.
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