Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2021 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. The ongoing process of improving and updating what the Yearbook of Astronomy offers to its readers is continued in the 2021 edition with the introduction of apparition charts for Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, which ensures that charts are now included for all the major planets in our solar system.
Articles for the 2021 edition include:
- Astronomy in 2020 by Rod Hine
- Solar System Exploration in 2020 by Peter Rea
- Anniversaries in 2021 by Neil Haggath
- Mission to Mars: Countdown to Building a Brave New World by Martin Braddock
- Male Family Members for Women in Astronomy by Mary McIntyre
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt and Her Work by David M. Harland
- Solar Observing by Peter Meadows
- The Meteorite Age by Carolyn Kennett
- “A Dignity That Insures Their Perpetuation” by John C. Barentine
- Lunar Volcanism by Lionel Wilson
- Pages From the Past: Collecting Vintage Astronomy Books by Richard H. Sanderson
- The Chances of Anything Coming From Mars by Jan Hardy
- Māori Astronomy in Aotearoa-New Zealand by Pauline Harris, Hēmi Whaanga and Rangi Matamua
Bursting with up-to-the-minute information, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2021 is, as ever, essential reading for anyone fascinated by the night sky.
Yearbook of Astronomy 2021 is published by Pen & Sword Books Limited. It is also available at Amazon and at other online book retailers.