Mechler, Gary

A field guide to the night sky, explaining through text and maps how to locate and identify stars, planets, meteors, comets, and constellations.

Provides eighty detailed photographs and descriptions of the nine planets and their moons, asteroids, and comets that exist in the Milky Way galaxy, with an introductory essay about the solar system.

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.

A field guide to the night sky, explaining through text and maps how to locate and identify stars, planets, meteors, comets, and constellations.