Reviews for Stargazing

The average rating for Stargazing based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-04-22 00:00:00 Kenneth Watson Patrick Moore: amateur astronomer, xylophone enthusiast, and backwards wanker (thanks, wikipedia!). For an 'amateur', he was apparently a pretty big deal in the astronomy world, and so I felt fairly safe leaving my stargazing education in his old, bigot hands. It's taken me a long while to get through, but in the end I have to say that it was a decent introduction. There wasn't a great deal to actually read, since about half the book deals with the northern hemisphere and therefore wasn't of much use to me. The rest of it was interesting but also fairly dry and slow-going. It's easy enough to follow, however, since the book is aimed at people who know little to nothing about astronomy. Apart from constellation guides, the book also talks a bit about the planets, our sun and moon, comets and meteors etc, although not in much depth. I feel like I could make some shaky stabs at identifying stars now that I've read it, although I really wish this edition came with photos instead of basic illustrations to guide the reader. If you're interested in this book, definitely spring for a newer edition! Photos and (most likely) expanded content!

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-21 00:00:00 Thomas Hedley I enjoyed his voice. It was a nice quick read.