The 2019 edition contains authoritative sky charts and detailed monthly sky notes that plot a clear path though the year’s lunar phases, eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as featuring a variety of articles covering a wide range of astronomy- and space-related topics, and much more.
Articles for the 2019 edition include:
- Astronomy in 2018 by Rod Hine
- Solar System Exploration in 2018 by Peter Rea
- Anniversaries in 2019 by Neil Haggath
- The Cassini-Huygens Mission to the Saturn System by Carl Murray
- Science Fiction and the Future of Astronomy by Mike Brotherton
- Asaph Hall: Man of Mars by Neil Norman
- Getting the Measure of Double Stars by John McCue
- 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union by Susan Stubbs
- In Total Support of Einstein: Eddington’s Eclipse, 1919 by Neil Haggath
- The First Micro-Quasar by David M Harland
- Father Lucian Kemble and the Kemble Asterisms by Steve Brown
- Mira ‘The Wonderful’ by Roger Pickard
Bursting with up-to-the-minute information, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2019 is, as ever, essential reading for anyone fascinated by the night sky.
Yearbook of Astronomy 2019 is published by Pen & Sword Books Limited. It is also available online at Amazon and at other online book retailers.