Wonders of the Night Sky Astronomy starts with just looking up
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Biographical note
Multi-award-winning author, Professor Raman Prinja, is Head of Department for Astronomy at University College London. He is dedicated to the belief that it is hugely important to promote awareness of astronomy and physics to as wide an audience as possible, and especially to motivate and inspire the next generation of Universe explorers. As part of Professor Prinja's outreach, he has written several books on astronomy to share the excitement of the Universe with laypersons, parents, teachers and, above all, young people. Jan Bielecki is a Polish-Swedish illustrator and designer living in London. He mainly works with children's books and has illustrated fiction, picture books and non-fiction. Some of the topics he has covered include human anatomy, wrestling trolls, the scope of the Universe and slimy monsters.Inviting all who dare to wonder - come navigate the spectacular treasures of the night sky with bestselling and award-winning Professor Raman Prinja's inspiring look into our galaxy and beyond, published in association with Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Encourage your kids to reach for the stars with this inspiring exploration of the night sky. Anyone with a view of the sky and a curious mind can be the next great Universe explorer!
Wonders of the Night Sky invites children all over the world to look up - just as curious people before them have done for millennia - and to know why each wonder appears before their eyes. This beautiful book connects readers to the many parts of our Universe visible to the naked eye against the sky, explodes them on the page, then provides inspiring connections to the science behind the stellar backdrop.
Professor Raman Prinja is the multi-award-winning professor of Physics and Astronomy at University College London and a celebrated children's author. Professor Prinja pens this definitive look at the wonders above us, following on from the enormous success of his book Planetarium. Illustrator Jan Bielecki's striking depiction of each natural marvel will draw in readers to a lifetime of astronomical wonder. Astronomy starts with just looking up!
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- 1: FOREWORD
- 2: Preparing for the night sky
- 3: EXPLORING STARS:
- 1: Variety of stars
- 2: Constellations of the northern hemisphere
- 3: Orion close-up
- 4: Constellations of the southern hemisphere
- 5: Carina close-up
- 6: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Life cycles of stars
- 4: EXPLORING PLANETS:
- 1: Spotting the planets
- 2: Planet highlights
- 3: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Solar system tour
- 5: EXPLORING THE MOON:
- 1: Phases of the Moon
- 2: Surface of the Moon
- 3: Moon landing sites
- 4: Eclipse of the Moon
- 5: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Origins and features of the Moon
- 6: EXPLORING ROCKY LEFTOVERS:
- 1: Meteor showers
- 2: Asteroids
- 3: Comets
- 4: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Comet origins
- 7: EXPLORING AURORAE:
- 1: Northern and Southern Lights
- 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: The Sun–Earth connection
- 8: EXPLORING HUMAN-MADE WONDERS:
- 1: Satellite hunting
- 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Space junk
- 9: EXPLORING GALAXIES:
- 1: The Milky Way
- 2: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Our home galaxy
- 3: Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds
- 4: ASTRONOMY CATCH-UP: Main galaxy types
- 10: ACTIVITIES:
- 1: Sun, Earth and Moon orrery
- 2: Making craters on the Moon
- 11: GLOSSARY
- 12: FIND OUT MORE
- 13: INDEX