| Preface | | xi | |
| Introduction | | 1 | (4) |
| | 5 | (24) |
| The colour of the daytime sky |
| | 5 | (2) |
| | 7 | (4) |
| | 11 | (3) |
| | 14 | (4) |
| | 18 | (2) |
| | 20 | (1) |
| Polarised light from the sky |
| | 21 | (4) |
| Polarised light due to reflections |
| | 25 | (2) |
| | 27 | (2) |
| | 29 | (21) |
| | 29 | (1) |
| | 30 | (3) |
| Shadows formed by point sources |
| | 33 | (2) |
| | 35 | (1) |
| | 36 | (3) |
| | 39 | (4) |
| | 43 | (3) |
| | 46 | (2) |
| Shadows under trees in leaf |
| | 48 | (2) |
| | 50 | (14) |
| | 50 | (3) |
| | 53 | (4) |
| | 57 | (4) |
| | 61 | (1) |
| Looming and unusual visual range |
| | 62 | (2) |
| | 64 | (24) |
| | 64 | (6) |
| | 70 | (3) |
| | 73 | (2) |
| | 75 | (2) |
| | 77 | (2) |
| | 79 | (1) |
| | 79 | (1) |
| | 80 | (4) |
| | 84 | (2) |
| | 86 | (2) |
| | 88 | (39) |
| | 88 | (3) |
| How to recognise a rainbow |
| | 91 | (4) |
| | 95 | (2) |
| | 97 | (2) |
| | 99 | (2) |
| Rainbows at sunset and sunrise |
| | 101 | (1) |
| | 102 | (1) |
| | 103 | (2) |
| | 105 | (1) |
| | 106 | (1) |
| | 106 | (2) |
| | 108 | (1) |
| | 109 | (2) |
| | 111 | (1) |
| | 112 | (1) |
| | 112 | (2) |
| | 114 | (8) |
| | 122 | (1) |
| | 123 | (1) |
| | 123 | (2) |
| Notes for rainbow observers |
| | 125 | (2) |
| | 127 | (9) |
| | 127 | (3) |
| Other situations in which coronae are seen |
| | 130 | (1) |
| | 131 | (2) |
| | 133 | (2) |
| Notes for observers of coronae and glories |
| | 135 | (1) |
| | 136 | (21) |
| | 136 | (3) |
| | 139 | (5) |
| | 144 | (1) |
| | 144 | (1) |
| | 145 | (1) |
| | 146 | (3) |
| Circumzenithal and circumhorizontal arcs |
| | 149 | (2) |
| | 151 | (1) |
| | 152 | (1) |
| | 152 | (2) |
| Notes for ice halo observers |
| | 154 | (3) |
| | 157 | (14) |
| A brief history of the sky |
| | 157 | (4) |
| | 161 | (2) |
| | 163 | (2) |
| | 165 | (2) |
| The apparent motion of the Sun |
| | 167 | (2) |
| Why is the sky dark at night? |
| | 169 | (1) |
| The sky beyond the equator |
| | 170 | (1) |
| | 171 | (48) |
| | 171 | (1) |
| | 172 | (4) |
| Looking at the Moon without a telescope |
| | 176 | (4) |
| | 180 | (3) |
| The best time to look at the Moon |
| | 183 | (2) |
| | 185 | (3) |
| | 188 | (5) |
| | 193 | (2) |
| | 195 | (2) |
| | 197 | (1) |
| | 198 | (1) |
| Sidereal and synodic months |
| | 199 | (1) |
| Finding the Moon in the sky |
| | 200 | (4) |
| | 204 | (3) |
| | 207 | (1) |
| | 208 | (2) |
| | 210 | (3) |
| | 213 | (6) |
| | 219 | (21) |
| | 219 | (1) |
| | 220 | (2) |
| Preparing to see an eclipse |
| | 222 | (2) |
| | 224 | (3) |
| | 227 | (4) |
| Explaining a solar eclipse |
| | 231 | (5) |
| | 236 | (4) |
| | 240 | (18) |
| | 240 | (6) |
| How to tell a planet from a star |
| | 246 | (3) |
| Inferior and superior planets |
| | 249 | (1) |
| Where to look for an inferior planet |
| | 250 | (2) |
| | 252 | (1) |
| | 252 | (2) |
| Where to look for a superior planet |
| | 254 | (2) |
| Apparent changes in brightness of superior planets |
| | 256 | (2) |
| | 258 | (24) |
| | 258 | (3) |
| | 261 | (5) |
| | 266 | (5) |
| | 271 | (1) |
| Looking at stars through a telescope |
| | 272 | (2) |
| | 274 | (1) |
| | 275 | (2) |
| | 277 | (1) |
| Why are stars star-shaped? |
| | 277 | (1) |
| | 278 | (4) |
| | 282 | (18) |
| | 282 | (5) |
| | 287 | (6) |
| | 293 | (1) |
| | 294 | (3) |
| | 297 | (3) |
| APPENDIX: Technical and practical advice for skygazing | | 300 | (6) |
| | 300 | (1) |
| | 301 | (1) |
| | 302 | (2) |
| | 304 | (2) |
| Glossary | | 306 | (10) |
| Further reading | | 316 | (3) |
| Sources and notes | | 319 | (26) |
| Index | | 345 | |
