Gift Set - How to Observe Stars

Gift set in a box. Inside it: the book "How to Observe Stars" by astronomer and astrophotographer Ruslan Ilnitsky, a foldable double-sided star map (in expanded form 790x640 mm), and a planisphere of the night sky. The book "How to Observe Stars" is a guide to the world of astrophotography. It contains everything a novice astronomer needs to know before and after purchasing a telescope. The star map presents the northern and southern hemispheres of the celestial sphere. This is how the night sky with its shimmering galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters can be seen from the North and South Poles of the Earth. The stars on the map are ranked by their apparent magnitude. The names of the brightest stars and the conditional outlines of all 88 constellations are provided. Brief information about the solar system, celestial sphere, stellar coordinates, ecliptic, and zodiacal circle is included. With the planisphere of the night sky, it is possible to determine which stars and constellations are visible in the sky for any date and time of the day, as well as to establish the approximate position of the Sun in its annual movement along the ecliptic. The planisphere map shows stars down to the 5th apparent magnitude within the declination range from +90 to -50 degrees.