Now in its 7th edition, this introduction to the night sky for beginners has been in print since 1987 and has earned some enthusiastic reviews. The Monthly Sky Guide (MSG) was originally the working title; we never found anything better.
In many ways MSG continues the tradition of 19th-century books such as R. A. Proctor’s Half Hours with the Stars. Each month opens with an all-sky chart for mid-evening by Wil Tirion, which is followed by descriptions of the main objects on show with detailed charts of particular constellations of interest. The book is intended for northern-hemisphere users only.
Information on the visibility of the naked-eye planets for a five-year period was included at the publisher’s request; eclipses were added in the fourth edition. This time-dependent information introduces a degree of obsolescence into the book, although the bulk of the text refers to objects visible each year and so does not date. Full-colour printing was introduced with the 6th edition in 2003; previous editions had been printed in two colours only.
The seventh edition (MSG7) was published in 2006 featuring improved maps by Wil Tirion. The planetary and eclipse information in MSG7 covers 2007–2011. The book is printed from layouts supplied by me in Quark XPress. The same printing is sold in the UK, US, and Canada. Danish and Greek translations are currently in print, although with different edition numbers.
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