title: The Stargazer's Guide: How to Read Our Night Sky
author: Emily Winterburn
description: Fascinating. . . . After reading this book, viewing the night sky will be a much more meaningful and rewarding experience. (Astronomy Now)
zlib_text: Praise for The Last Stargazers
  
  “Through captivating stories, Levesque gives us both a vivid and accessible
  inside look at the enigmatic mountaintop astronomers. A unique and engaging
  read.”
  
  —Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at MIT
  
  “Emily Levesque is smart and funny, and her insider’s tale of stars and the
  astronomers who study them bursts with color and energy.”
  
  —Edward Dolnick, author of The Clockwork Universe
  
  “Emily’s book is a compulsive read. It demonstrates what being an
  observational astronomer is really like—the highs, the lows and the
  unscheduled things that can happen at telescopes around the world! Give this
  book to every young person (especially the girls!) that you know who likes
  math and science.”
  
  —Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist, Oxford
  
  “Astronomy is dangerous . Wild (sometimes venomous) animals, thin air, heavy
  equipment, hazardous chemicals… Dr. Levesque captures all this with amusement
  and personal experience, making this a delightful