Dimensions
314 x 318 x 3mm
Your Easy to Use Guide to the Night Sky.
Become a backyard astronomer! A fascinating guide to the night sky, allowing people all over Australia to observe the patterns and movements of stars and planets. Updated annually, this book allows the novice astronomer to keep up-to-date with the phases of the moon, meteor showers and other amazing sights in 2003.
Astronomy is not only one of the oldest of the sciences, it is also one of the most dynamic and exciting. 'Skywatch Starwheel' brings the discipline of within the reach of all amateur astronomers by providing a simple and practical means to explore the heavens.
The starwheel includes the movement of the planets, as well as the fixed patterns of the constellations. This means that it provides a guide to all astronomical events in the year. A new starwheel is produced annually, so that it functions as a kind of almanac. This makes the product unique of its kind.
Written by David Ellyard, who was the presenter of 'Sky Watch' in 1987-88 and a popular, long-standing weather presenter.
