Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 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. To supplement all this is a variety of entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the Yearbook of Astronomy is known.
The Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 continues to be essential reading for anyone lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy. It remains an inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on the bookshelf of all stargazers and watchers of the Universe.
Articles for the 2023 edition include:
- Recent Advances in Astronomy by Rod Hine
- Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration by Peter Rea
- Anniversaries in 2023 by Neil Haggath
- Betelgeuse by Tracie Heywood
- Optical SETI at Harvard by David M. Harland
- A Brief History of the End of the Universe by David Harper
- The Evolution of “Multi-Pixel” Radio Telescopes by Rod Hine
- Mission to Mars: Countdown to Building a Brave New World: The Bare Necessities of Life by Martin Braddock
- The Ability to Believe: Bizarre Worlds of Astronomical Antireality by Neil Haggath
- The Astronomers’ Stars: Life in the Fast Lane by Lynne Marie Stockman
- Elijah Hinsdale Burritt: Geographer of the Heavens by Richard H. Sanderson
- The Future of Spaceflight by Andrew P.B. Lound
- Male Family Mentors for Women in Astronomy: Caroline and William Herschel by Mary McIntyre
- The Closing of Historic Observatories by Harold A. McAlister
Bursting with up-to-the-minute information, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 is, as ever, essential reading for anyone fascinated by the night sky.
Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 was released on 1 August 2022. It can be ordered directly from the publisher Pen & Sword Books Limited. It is also available at Amazon and at other online book retailers.