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The annual Nightscenes book details what can be seen in the night sky each month for Great Britain and Ireland. It is written in a plain, understandable style so that if you can understand the following 'look up on such a date at such a time and you will see' then you will be able to find, see and enjoy the events described in the book. Primarily aimed at the naked eye and binocular user with occasional telescope sights.Each month has an all sky chart set for 10pm local time (11pm during BST) with information on what planets are visible, any special events such as Meteor showers or Eclipses. It also occasionally has photographs that the author has taken of the night sky as well as extra diagrams for special events to look out for such as conjunctions of the moon & planets which are of particular interest.Expanded Monthly section format which has a four page gate folded spread with 3 pages to monthly events and a page on what to view in a selected constellation or special events to look out for.

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Author Jilly Cooper writes of Nightscenes: I love Nightscenes and I find it invaluable. I'm not a great sleeper so very often I wake up about four or five and wander off to the loo and suddenly out of the window there is Venus or Jupiter or some other gorgeous planet and if I don't know what it is I rush off and check it up in Nightscenes and it has hugely enhanced my pleasure at looking at the stars. It's a dear book and very interesting because it caters for both ignoramuses like me and the experts, who can rush off and look at clusters through their telescopes. So many congratulations .

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Paul Money is a freelance writer, speaker and amateur astronomer turned professional, who has been viewing and imaging the night sky for over 30 years. Writer and publisher (as Astrospace Publications) of the annual Nightscenes yearbook, a guide to what to see in the night sky for the year published annually since 2000. Other works include the Nightscenes Companion (out of print) and the Nightscenes Guide to Simple Astrophotography.He is a Fellow of both the British Interplanetary Society and Royal Astronomical Society and has been awarded the FAS 'Eric Zucker' award for contributions to astronomy in 2002 and the Sir Arthur Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 for the public promotion of astronomy and space. For eight years he was one of three astronomers on the Omega Holidays Northern Lights Flights (2004 - 2013) showing the public the majesty of the Northern Lights from 35,000ft.Since 2006 he works freelance as the Reviews Editor for the BBC Sky at Night magazine working from his home in Lincolnshire. In addition he is now a novelist with a trilogy of ghost mysteries: 'The James Hansone Ghost Mysteries' and a short Science Fiction/apocalyptic novel: 'The Fragility of Existence' . For more check out the following links:www.astrospace.co.uk The Nightscenes Monthly Night sky Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/AstrospacePublications The Astrospace Fiction Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/astrospacefiction

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