Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope – and How to Find Them, Edition 4

Guy Consolmagno · Dan M. Davis

Sep 2011 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

With over 100,000 copies sold since first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. It is a unique guidebook to the night sky, providing all the information you need to observe a whole host of celestial objects. With a new spiral binding, this edition is even easier to use outdoors at the telescope and is the ideal beginner's book. Keeping its distinct one-object-per-spread format, this edition is also designed for Dobsonian telescopes, as well as for smaller reflectors and refractors, and covers Southern hemisphere objects in more detail. Large-format eyepiece views, positioned side-by-side, show objects exactly as they are seen through a telescope, and with improved directions, updated tables of astronomical information and an expanded night-by-night Moon section, it has never been easier to explore the night sky on your own. Many additional resources are available on the accompanying website, www.cambridge.org/turnleft.

Ratings and reviews

Better than Nightwatch or Backyard Astronomers Guide. Everything is laid out like an actual observing session, and it guides you through every season. It's almost as good as having an actual stargazing buddy there. Best virtual stargazing companion book available. Only issue with this digital version is the images and tables are not formatted correctly and appear very small compared to the text. Buy the spiral bound version if possible.

About the author

Guy Consolmagno is a Jesuit brother at the Specola Vaticana (Vatican Observatory), dividing his time between Tucson, Arizona and Castel Gandolfo, Italy. He studies the origin and evolution of moons and asteroids in our solar system and uses a 3.5'' catadioptic and an 8'' Dobsonian. He has been awarded the 2014 Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society for outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public.