Here are some helpful hints to get beginners skywatching, followed by a beginner's guide to the summer sky.

Absolute Beginners - Start Skywatching
You'd like to know the night sky? But you haven't a got a telescope, live in a city, don't know any constellations or can't tell a star from a planet? Time to give up? Absolutely not. Time to read on and look up.

Absolute Beginners - Start Skywatching

Absolute Beginners - The Summer Sky
Warm summer nights are a great time to study the sky. Here is a guide to the main summer constellations. You can see all of these things without a telescope, so head outside and look up.

Absolute Beginners - The Summer Sky

Let me know how you get on!