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      eBook Edition © Sep 2018

      ISBN 9780008311650

      Version: [2018-07-24]

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

       The Constellations

The Southern Circumpolar Constellations

       Comets and the Moon

       Map of the Moon

       Introduction to the Month-by-Month Guide

       Month-by-Month Guide

       January

       February

       March

       April

       May

       June

       July

       August

       September

       October

       November

       December

       Glossary and Tables

       Acknowledgements

       Further Information

       About the Publisher

      Time Zones

      The times of events in this book are given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), here abbreviated to Universal Time (UT). This time is equivalent to the time on the Greenwich meridian (GMT), and is used by astronomers around the world so that observations may be compared easily, without having to convert from local (zone) times. Universal Time is always given on a 24-hour clock (sometimes known as ‘military time’ or ‘Zulu’, ‘Z’). In many countries times are generally given as a.m. or p.m. and such times are shown on the charts showing the appearance of the sky for each month. Giving the times of individual events as a.m. or p.m. would be complex and confusing, so those times may need to be converted from UT.

      Australia

      Australian time zones are shown on this map. There are three: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST); Australian Central Standard Time (ACST); and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Some individual states (Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland) do not use daylight saving time (DST) during the summer months. To obtain local (zone) time from Universal Time (UT), add the hours shown in this table. If the result is greater than 24, subtract 24 hours. If the initial or subsequent result is less than 12:00, the zone time is a.m.; if greater, subtract 12 hours to get the time p.m. The dates when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends are shown on the individual calendars inside the book. At the time of writing, it is introduced on the first Sunday of October and ends on the first Sunday in April.