A guidebook for beginning amateur astronomers, Turn Left at Orion provides all the information you need to observe the Moon, the planets and a whole host of celestial objects. 256 pages. 600 b/w illus. 20 tables. Dimensions: 310 x 245 mm. Weight: 0.93kg.

A completely revised and updated new edition of this bestselling guide to telescope choice and use for 2011. A straightforward, practical guide. In stock now.

The new, practical guide describes the wide range of objects that anyone can observe in the night sky using normal binoculars. It  gives clear, step-by-step instructions for finding objects, and explains what you can expect to see from both northern and southern hemispheres. It also offers useful advice about choosing and using mounts and other accessories.

This book considers the two available strategies open to astronomers - get rid of the light pollution by lobbying Authorities and Standards Organisations, and minimise its effects by using the correct instrumentation. The book contains an extensive detailed catalogue of deep-sky and other objects that - despite what one might believe - can be seen from variously light-polluted sites, for practical observers.