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Explore the universe from your own backyard with this interactive guide to the night sky. Based on the best-selling book Skywatching by renowned amateur astronomer David Levy, this is more than just an interactive sky map and database. Created especially for beginner to intermediate astronomers, it gives you real-world skywatching tips and information you can put to use tonight with a telescope, a set of binoculars or the naked eye. With Skywatching's intuitive, easy-to-use interface, you're just a click away from practical observing tips, photos from the Hubble and other state-of-the-art telescopes, full-motion videos, detailed animations and in-depth articles on everything from our local planets to distant black holes and nebulae. With printable star charts that you can customize to any desired time and place on Earth, you'll be outside tracking down your chosen celestial targets in no time. It features Sky Tours - Articles, photos and animations show you exactly what's in the sky, how to find what you're looking for and the best tools and techniques to optimize viewing. More than 9,000 info screens from the widely used Yale Bright Star Catalog give you all the information you need on objects in the sky. The interactive Sky View lets you see the precise positions of celestial bodies in the night sky from anywhere on the planet, at any time and date. Click on any object in the sky to bring up an information screen about it. And when you're ready, print your chart and take it with you on your own skywatching adventure. In-depth articles tell you the legends, discoveries and historical significance of specific stars, planets, constellations and astronomical events. Speed up the passage of time to see how objects move through space or change the clarity of the sky to see the difference between city and country skywatching. |
