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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¡ª¡ªazimuth 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