Astronomical Calendar 2014

This famous atlas-sized and richly illustrated book is the most widely used and most attractive guide to what will happen in the night sky throughout the year.

Each page is the size of three or four of an ordinary book, allowing large spreads of mixed diagrams and text.

The Astronomical Calendar has been published continuously since 1974, and is used by about 20,000 (amateurs, telescope-owners, clubs, teachers, planetariums, libraries, enjoyers of the sky) in over 100 countries. The 2014 volume is enlarged and enriched with fresh components, including Sky Domes for the Canadian latitude.

11 x 15 in., 84 pages, many illustrations.
ISBN 978-0-934546-67-6.
$29.95
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The Astronomical Calendar “keeps improving” (as readers have said) and for 2014 it has taken a leap. There are extra pages, an even richer array of illustrations and features, and an even friendlier narrative style.
     There are more pages for each month, including sky domes not only for the north-hemisphere evening sky but for other parts of the world and for other times of night; not only the detailed timetables of events, but expansions of information about calendar history and lore, the activities of the Earth and Sun, the planets, the Moon, conjunctions and other patterns made by the moving bodies, and the “Wide Sky.”
     There are supplementary sections on Eclipses; Meteors, Asteroids; Comets (particularly rich in diagrams); Occultations; 3-D views of the orbits in space; large views of the trajectories of Mercury and Venus in the dawn and dusk skies; drawings of the planets' changing disks and the orbiting of their satellites around them; graphs of the bodies' changing brightness, relation to the Sun, and rising and setting times; a glossary of all terms used.
     A new feature, the “Zodiac Charts,” extends in colorful curves over four pages and makes it easy to refer to all the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets against the background of the stars.
     This year's cover painting is of the sky as it rolls straight over us at the equator.

“Every inch of its king-sized pages is packed with artistry, information, lucid diagrams, and clever explanations” —J. U. Gunter in Tonight's Asteroids

“So valuable that many users keep their copies for permanent reference” —George Lovi in Sky & Telescope

“Each year's book becomes more superb—just when you think it can't get any better!” —A reader in Florida

“Thank goodness for Guy Ottewell. If he didn't exist, I would have to invent him... [The book is] of surpassing originality [and is] more than a calendar; it is a compendium of all things astronomical that will happen during the year, described with a graphic flair that is the author's particular genius. The calendar is useful for neophytes, but it also evokes the appreciation of experienced astronomers. It arrives every year in December and, during early winter evenings, I curl up with it and plan my coming year of stargazing.” —Chet Raymo in The Boston Globe

“It's hard to find one word to describe Ottewell's Calendar: marvelous, educational, illuminating, and classic just seem to scratch the surface. Beginning and veteran observers alike love this book. I consider it a must-have even for armchair astronomers. If you don't have a copy, buy one today... The diagrams showing the motions of the planets and comets are alone worth the price of this book.” —Dave Bruning in Astronomy magazine

“This is my husband's favorite Christmas gift. I could buy him the moon and he would like this book better.” —Lynda Detray, Troy, New Hampshire

“Kudos for getting all the Comet ISON material in!!!!!! Even SkyTools doesn't have all the new comets in yet. And RASC went to publication too early to include it.” —Jane Jones, Cassini program, NASA