User blog:StaraptorEmpoleon/I bought a new book!

Le gasp... Michelle has bought a new book?!

Yes, yes. I did! I haven't gotten a new book in a while now (don't recall the last time I did!).

It's called Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide. It's similar to the Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide, except it's about astronomy. It's also set up in the same way.

Excellent book! Wonder if they'll come out with a revised edition? This one was published in 2008. A lot of things have changed since then.

Ignoring that, if you want to know about Monoceros, the unicorn, you can turn to page 377. The page shows the two major deep space objects, the Cone Nebula and Rosette Nebula. Also, it tells about the mythology of Monoceros. Neat! Someone painstakingly drew pictures to help people to know what the constellation would look like if it were to arise out of the sky and stare at you. It also includes Southern Hemisphere constellations! (This is rare in books for some odd reason, I guess because most of the targets live in the Northern Hemisphere).

Oh yeah, did I mention that it also includes geographic features found on satellites and planets? Cool, huh? It also shows a bunch of galaxies and nebulae.

[Review to be posted!]
In the mean time, you can read one posted here.