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"Overall, this is a wonderful work written to be accessible to people with more than a passing interest in astronomy." ― Booklist on the 2023 edition of Yearbook of Astronomy
Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2025 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. Presenting the reader with information on a wide range of topics, the articles for the 2025 edition include, among others, Recent Advances in Astronomy; Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration; Skies over Ancient America: Mystical Mounds and Landmarks of the Prehistoric Americas; Astrophysicist Cecilia Helena Payne and Professor H. N. Russell; The Astronomers’ Stars: The Terrible Twos; Eta Carinae: A Chance Encounter and Journey of Discovery; Saturn at its Equinox: A History of Ring-Plane Crossings from 1612 to 2025; A History of Observatory Designs: Before the Telescope; Signals from the Magnetosphere; How to Read a Scientific Paper; and Small Stars.
This iconic publication made its first appearance way back in 1962, shortly after the dawning of the Space Age. Now well into its seventh decade of production, the Yearbook continues to be essential reading for anyone lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy and who has a desire to extend their knowledge of the Universe and the wonders to which it plays host. The Yearbook of Astronomy is indeed an inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on the bookshelf of all stargazers and watchers of the skies.
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 2025 Lynne Marie Stockman
Mars finder chart – October 2024 to May 2025
Mars finder chart – January 2025 to September 2025
Jupiter finder chart – January 2025 to December 2025
Saturn finder chart – January 2025 to December 2025
Uranus finder chart – January 2025 to December 2025
Neptune finder chart – January 2025 to December 2025
Lunar Phenomena and Eclipses in 2025
Phases of the Moon
Apsides
Nodes
Lunistices or Lunar Standstills
Lunar Occultations
Eclipses in 2025
Monthly Sky Notes and Articles 2025
Evening Apparition of Venus – June 2024 to March 2025
Monthly Sky Notes January
The Speed of Light Neil Haggath
Monthly Sky Notes February
An Astrobiological Analogy David M. Harland
Monthly Sky Notes March
The Smell of Space Jonathan Powell
Monthly Sky Notes April
Morning Apparition of Venus – March 2025 to January 2026
An Introduction to Unusual Observatory Domes: The (Peculiar) Porter Turret Telescope Katrin Raynor
Monthly Sky Notes May
Saturn at its Equinox: The Ring Plane Crossing of 2025 David Harper
Monthly Sky Notes June
Nightfall: When Darkness Falls John McCue
Monthly Sky Notes July
Mariner 4 Reveals Mars David M. Harland
Monthly Sky Notes August
Gone But Not Forgotten: Anser Lynne Marie Stockman
Monthly Sky Notes September
An Introduction to Unusual Observatory Domes: Leo Scanlon’s Aluminium Dome Katrin Raynor
Monthly Sky Notes October
The First ‘Hot Jupiter’ David M. Harland
Monthly Sky Notes November
The Moon: The Naming of Full Moons in Native American Culture Jonathan Powell
Monthly Sky Notes December
Rumblings at the Royal Observatory: The Greenwich Power Station Furore David Harper
Comets in 2025 Neil Norman
Minor Planets in 2025 Neil Norman
Meteor Showers in 2025 Neil Norman
Article Section
Recent Advances in Astronomy Rod Hine
Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration Peter Rea
Anniversaries in 2025 Neil Haggath
Skies over Ancient America: Mystical Mounds and Landmarks of the Prehistoric Americas P. Clay Sherrod
Astrophysicist Cecilia Helena Payne and Professor H. N. Russell David M. Harland
The Astronomers’ Stars: The Terrible Twos Lynne Marie Stockman
Mission to Mars: Countdown to Building a Brave New World: It’s Life, But Not as We Know It Martin Braddock
Eta Carinae: A Chance Encounter and Journey of Discovery Peter Rea
Saturn at its Equinox: A History of Ring Plane Crossings from 1612 to 2025 David Harper
A History of Observatory Designs: Before the Telescope Katrin Raynor
Signals from the Magnetosphere John Vetterlein
How to Read a Scientific Paper David Harper
Small Stars John McCue
Miscellaneous
Some Interesting Variable Stars Tracie Heywood
Some Interesting Double Stars Brian Jones
Some Interesting Nebulae, Star Clusters and Galaxies Brian Jones
Astronomical Organizations
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