Yearbook of Astronomy 2019

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An inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, the Yearbook of Astronomy warrants a place on the bookshelf of all sky watchers and stargazers. Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2019 contains an authoritative set of sky charts and comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes to enable backyard astronomers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year's eclipses, comets, meteor showers and deep sky objects. In addition, a variety of entertaining and informative articles present the reader with information on a wide range of topics including, among others, The Cassini-Huygens Mission to the Saturn System; 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union; The First Micro-Quasar; Getting the Measure of Double Stars; Asaph Hall: Man of Mars; and Science Fiction and the Future of Astronomy. The Yearbook of Astronomy has been around for well over half a century and, as it heads towards its Diamond Jubilee edition in 2022, continues to be essential reading for anyone lured by the magic of astronomy and who wants to extend their knowledge of the Universe and the wonders it plays host to. Cover Book Title Copyright Contents Editor’s Foreword Preface About Time Using the Yearbook of Astronomy as an Observing Guide The Monthly Star Charts Northern Hemisphere Star Charts David Harper Southern Hemisphere Star Charts David Harper The Planets in 2019 Lynne Marie Stockman Phases of the Moon in 2019 Eclipses in 2019 Some Events in 2019 Monthly Sky Notes and Articles 2019 January A Closer Look at Lepus Brian Jones February ICON Explores the Ionosphere Richard Pearson March A Closer Look at Sextans Brian Jones April Movable Feasts and Leaping Moons David Harper May When Astronomy Meets the Law David Harper June Lunar Occultations and Conjunctions in 2019 Richard Pearson July Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître David M. Harland August First Light for Gravitational Waves Richard Pearson September Humboldt and the Gegenschein Richard Pearson October A Closer Look at Equuleus Brian Jones November The Transit of Mercury Richard Pearson December William Frederick Denning Richard Pearson Comets in 2019 Neil Norman Minor Planets in 2019 Neil Norman Meteor Showers in 2019 Neil Norman Article Section Astronomy in 2018 Rod Hine Solar System Exploration in 2018 Peter Rea Anniversaries in 2019 Neil Haggath The Cassini-Huygens Mission to the Saturn System Carl Murray Science Fiction and the Future of Astronomy Mike Brotherton Asaph Hall: Man of Mars Neil Norman Getting the Measure of Double Stars John McCue 100 Years of the International Astronomical Union Susan Stubbs In Total Support of Einstein: Eddington’s Eclipse, 1919 Neil Haggath The First Micro-Quasar David M. Harland Father Lucian Kemble and the Kemble Asterisms Steve Brown Mira ‘The Wonderful’ Roger Pickard Miscellaneous Some Interesting Variable Stars to Observe in 2019 Roger Pickard Some Interesting Double Stars Brian Jones Some Interesting Nebulae, Star Clusters and Galaxies Brian Jones Astronomical Organizations Our Contributors Glossary Brian Jones and David Harper Back Cover