In this highly accessible book David Levy teaches the reader how variable stars work, and how to observe them.

The perfect introduction for the novice astronomer, this book stirs the imagination and puts observation in a framework of social activity and personal adventur

Observing variable stars is one of the major contributions amateur astronomers make to science. There are 36,000 variable stars listed in the General Catalogue

Meteors occur when a meteoroid, a speck of dust in space, enters the Earth's atmosphere. The heat generated when this happens causes the surrounding air to glow

This book was first published in 2007. Variable stars are those that change brightness. Their variability may be due to geometric processes such as rotation, or