This beginner's guide explains and demystifies the night sky, teaching you to recognize and identify its features, from constellations to comets.<BR><BR>Practical advice begins with naked-eye observation. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions then explain how to set up and use binoculars and telescopes, and how to make your own pictures of the night sky.<BR><BR>Clear star charts show the major constellations and help you navigate between them. A detailed atlas shows the night sky month by month as it appears around the world.