Northern Lights

A Beginner's Guide to the Aurora Borealis for Night Sky Observers and Stargazers

Royal Observatory Greenwich author Collins Astronomy author Tom Kerss author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:10th Sep '26

Should be back in stock very soon

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The ideal Christmas gift for avid astronomy fans

"A wonderfully comprehensive and well-written guide about all facets of Northern Lights-hunting. You’ll find enjoyment from this excellent guide to a fabulous natural phenomenon." ★★★★★ Jamie Carter, BBC Sky at Night Magazine

"A wonderfully comprehensive and well-written guide about all facets of Northern Lights-hunting. You’ll find enjoyment from this excellent guide to a fabulous natural phenomenon." ★★★★★ Jamie Carter, BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The perfect gift for anyone looking to explore the wonder of the Northern Lights.

Discover the incomparable beauty of nature's lightshow the Aurora Borealis in this fascinating guide for aspiring and seasoned night sky observers and stargazers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and is full of stunning photographs. Tom Kerss covers the cultural and scientific context for auroras, and offers a comprehensive guide to forecasting and photography, so that readers can fuse their own technical mastery with the infinite creativity of nature.

  • Read about the formation, properties and types of auroras
  • Discover the mythology and history of The Northern Lights
  • Find out about Aurora science from Antiquity to the modern day
  • Learn how to take stunning photographs of the Northern Lights with your own smartphone or camera
  • Includes a comprehensive travel and forecasting guide and a glossary of key terms.

The Northern Lights will give you a complete understanding of one of the true wonders of the natural world and leave you prepared for the adventure of a lifetime.

An attractive, accessible guide with considerably more substance than its dimensions suggest. Astronomy Now, October 2026

ISBN: 9780008815790

Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm x 18mm

Weight: 240g

160 pages

2nd Revised edition