Preface
Acknowledgements
Author biography

1 Introduction
1��1A brief survey of celestial objects and a sense of scale
1��2 The size of objects in the Solar System
1��3 Objects beyond the Solar System
1��4 Distances of celestial objects

2 The celestial sphere and apparent motion of the Sun
2��1 The celestial sphere
2��2 The annual motion of the Sun
2��3 The Sun's analemma
2��4 The motion of the sunrise and sunset points
2��5 The motion of the celestial poles

3 Coordinate systems
3��1 The equatorial coordinate system
3��2 The hour angle
3��3 The altitude����azimuth coordinate system
3��4 The local paths of stars
3��5 Which stars can be seen from a given location?
3��6 When can a star be seen in the night sky?
3��7 The ecliptic coordinate system
3��8 Resources

4 The motion and phases of the Moon
4��1 The phases of the Moon
4��2 The diurnal motion of the Moon
4��3 East and west elongation
4��4 Features of the Moon
4��5 The Moon's orbital path
4��6 Eclipses
4��6��1 Lunar eclipses
4��6��2 Solar eclipses
4��7 The sidereal and synodic periods of the Moon
4��8 The apparent size of the Moon
4��9 The ocean tides
4��10 Resources
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5 The planets
6 Comets�� meteoroids and meteor showers
7 Constellations�� asterisms and star names
8 Star properties
9 Telescopes

Appendices