2006 Yearbook of Astronomy

Edited By Patrick Moore
Co-Edited By John Mason
December 2005
Macmillan
ISBN: 1405048662
331 pages, Illustrated, 5 ¼” x 8”
$32.95 Paper Original

OUT OF PRINT

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This is the book no stargazer should be without. Recognized by both amateurs and professionals as the indispensable guide to the night sky, this book is accessible, comprehensive and one of the only astronomical reference books that is fully revised every year.

The 2006 edition contains authoritative star charts and detailed monthly notes that plot a clear path through the year’s eclipses, comets, meteors, nebulae and phases of the moon.

It also features topical and specially commissioned articles from some of the world’s leading astronomers. Bursting with accessible, up-to-the-minute data, this collection is essential to anyone fascinated by the sky at night.

Contents
Part I Monthly Charts and Astronomical Phenomena

Notes on the Star Charts
Northern Star Charts
Southern Star Charts
The Planets and the Ecliptic
Phases of the Moon in 2006
Longitudes of the Sun, Moon and Planets in 2006
Some Events in 2006
Monthly Notes 2006
Eclipses in 2006
Transit of Mercury in 2006
Comets in 2006
Minor Planets in 2006
Meteors in 2006
Some Events in 2007

Part II Article Section
Huygens Makes History: Successful Landing on Titan
Imaging Comets: A Beginner’s Guide
The Biology of Space
More Astronomers Behaving Badly
Sharpening the Sky with Adaptive Optics
The Discovery of the Spiral-arm Structure of the Milky Way
How the Vikings Sought Life on Mars
Christiaan Huygens (1629-95): The Astronomer Behind the Space Probe

Part III Miscellaneous
Some Interesting Variable Stars
Mira Stars: Maxima, 2006
Some Interesting Double Stars
Some Interesting Nebulae, Clusters and Galaxies
Our Contributors
Astronomical Societies in the British Isles

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