Wonders of the Night Sky

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 the human anatomy, wrestling trolls, the scope of the universe and slimy monsters.

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