The ultimate, full-color, up-to-date family reference guide for stargazers, comet-spotters, and planet-seekers, <i>The Total Skywatcher’s Manual</i> will help you choose the best telescope, identify constellations and objects in the night sky, search for extraterrestrial phenomena, plan star parties, capture beautiful space imagery, and much more!<BR><BR>Humans have always been fascinated by the sky above our heads, and now—thanks to an explosion in technology and discoveries in astrophysics—we’re capable of understanding more of what we see when we turn our eyes upward. Join the Astronomical Society of the Pacific on a journey through the night sky, learning about the phases of the moon, how to conduct your own deep-sky observations, how the universe is expanding, our search for life on other planets, meteors vs. meteorites, sunspots and solar flares, best eclipse-viewing techniques—everything you need to know to appreciate the wonder of our universe.