National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Constellations of the Northern Skies (National Audubon Society Pocket Guides)

A portable, comprehensive field guide--brimming with concise descriptions and stunning color photographs, and designed to fit into your back pocket--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. Human beings have always looked to the skies: as clock and calendar, to divine the future, for spiritual guidance. Even today, astronomers study the night sky for the key to the mysteries of the universe, as they literally look back in time to when it all began. By learning your way around the sky, you can identify constellations that our ancestors knew and even search out distant galaxies and clusters of stars that may support worlds like our own. This guide covers the Northern Hemisphere skies season by season, with close-up looks at 54 constellations visible from northern latitudes, both the familiar and the less well known. This easy-to-use pocket guide is divided into four parts: introductory essays and drawings, illustrated tours of the sky, illustrated descriptions of the constellations, and appendices. A0001 1 A0002 2 A0003 3 A0004 4 A0005 5 A0006 6 A0007 7 A0008 8 A0009 9 A0010 10 A0011 11 A0012 12 A0013 13 A0014 14 A0015 15 A0016 16 A0017 17 A0018 18 A0019 19 A0020 20 A0021 21 A0022 22 A0023 23 A0024 24 A0025 25 A0026 26 A0027 27 A0028 28 A0029 29 A0030 30 A0031 31 A0032 32 A0033 33 A0034 34 A0035 35 A0036 36 A0037 37 A0038 38 A0039 39 A0040 40 A0041 41 A0042 42 A0043 43 A0044 44 A0045 45 A0046 46 A0047 47 A0048 48 A0049 49 A0050 50 A0051 51 A0052 52 A0053 53 A0054 54 A0055 55 A0056 56 A0057 57 A0058 58 A0059 59 A0060 60 A0061 61 A0062 62 A0063 63 A0064 64 A0065 65 A0066 66 A0067 67 A0068 68 A0069 69 A0070 70 A0071 71 A0072 72 A0073 73 A0074 74 A0075 75 A0076 76 A0077 77 A0078 78 A0079 79 A0080 80 A0081 81 A0082 82 A0083 83 A0084 84 A0085 85 A0086 86 A0087 87 A0088 88 A0089 89 A0090 90 A0091 91 A0092 92 A0093 93 A0094 94 A0095 95 A0096 96 A0097 97 A0098 98 A0099 99 A0100 100 A0101 101 A0102 102 A0103 103 A0104 104 A0105 105 A0106 106 A0107 107 A0108 108 A0109 109 A0110 110 A0111 111 A0112 112 A0113 113 A0114 114 A0115 115 A0116 116 A0117 117 A0118 118 A0119 119 A0120 120 A0121 121 A0122 122 A0123 123 A0124 124 A0125 125 A0126 126 A0127 127 A0128 128 A0129 129 A0130 130 A0131 131 A0132 132 A0133 133 A0134 134 A0135 135 A0136 136 A0137 137 A0138 138 A0139 139 A0140 140 A0141 141 A0142 142 A0143 143 A0144 144 A0145 145 A0146 146 A0147 147 A0148 148 A0149 149 A0150 150 A0151 151 A0152 152 A0153 153 A0154 154 A0155 155 A0156 156 A0157 157 A0158 158 A0159 159 A0160 160 A0161 161 A0162 162 A0163 163 A0164 164 A0165 165 A0166 166 A0167 167 A0168 168 A0169 169 A0170 170 A0171 171 A0172 172 A0173 173 A0174 174 A0175 175 A0176 176 A0177 177 A0178 178 A0179 179 A0180 180 A0181 181 A0182 182 A0183 183 A0184 184 A0185 185 A0186 186 A0187 187 A0188 188 A0189 189 A0190 190 A0191 191 A0192 192 A0193 193 A0194 194 "Season-by-season guide to the skies of the northern hemisphere, with introductory essays, sixteen color charts, and a close-up look at fifty-four constellations."