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Sky Guide Southern Africa 2025
R180.00Published annually, Sky Guide Southern Africa is a practical resource for all stargazers, whether novice, amateur or professional. It highlights the cosmic events for each month of the upcoming year, including planetary movements, predicted eclipses and meteor showers. Star charts plot the evening sky for each season, facilitating the identification of stars and constellations. The guide contains a wealth of information about the Sun, Moon, planets, comets, meteors and bright stars, and includes photos, diagrams, charts and images.
The most trusted guide to the southern skies
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Night Skies of Botswana
R280.00This easy-to-use, accessible guide to starwatching in Botswana is ideal for beginner and amateur stargazers. All stars described can be seen with the naked eye – binoculars and telescopes are not necessary.
• The book opens with stargazing tips while introducing important astronomical concepts, describing our galaxy and the Earth’s place in it.
• Thee body of the book offers four monthly star charts (views from north, south, east and west), with supporting descriptions of the stars and constellations. The star charts can be used anywhere in southern Africa.
• The final chapter surveys the solar system, including the Sun, Moon, planets and minor objects. there’s information on a meteorite strike in Botswana in 2018, and how to identify artificial satellites orbiting the Earth (including the International Space Station).
Botswana’s ancestral stories about the stars are scattered throughout the book, honouring indigenous interpretations of the night sky and giving a unique African flavour.
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Eerste veldgids: Sterrehemel van Suider-Afrika
R120.00Sasol Eerste Veldgids tot Sterrehemel van Suider-Afrika bied ’n fassinerende blik op die suidelike sterrehemel.
Met behulp van volkleurfoto’s en illustrasies, maandelikse sterrekaarte en maklik leesbare teks, sal die ontluikende sterrekundige die meer sigbare voorwerpe in ons naghemel kan uitken en meer van die unieke verskynsels in ons sterrestelsel te wete kom.
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First Field Guide: Skywatching in Southern Africa
R120.00Sasol First Field Guide to Skywatching in Southern Africa is a fascinating insight into the southern skies by night. Full-colour photo graphs and illustrations, monthly star charts and easy-to-read text will help the budding astronomer to identify the more visible objects in our night skies, as well as those that are less obvious, and discover some of the extraordinary phenomena of our galaxy.
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Stargazing From Game Reserves in Southern Africa
R270.00A must-have for outdoor enthusiasts, Stargazing from Game Reserves in Southern Africa offers visitors to game and nature parks an exciting night-time activity in the bush, giving them an opportunity to turn their binoculars skyward after dark.
Readers are taken on a brief celestial ‘game drive’ where the scene is set, and then directed towards the ‘Big Five’ constellations of the night-sky, with clear steps on how to find them. Colourful photos, illustrations and charts as well as interesting fact boxes make for added interest and accessibility.
There is also a chapter on tracking the planets and tips on spotting the moons of Jupiter and the crescent of Venus, and a set of 12 star maps. Written by a seasoned authority on the topic and expertly illustrated, the book also features useful tips and hints for star-watchers in any out-of-town location.
