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The Starlore Handbook: An Essential Guide to the Night Sky
The Starlore Handbook An Essential Guide to the Night Sky Author:Geoffrey Cornelius This unique starwatcher's handbook combines a practical guide to the night sky with fascination accounts of the myths and symbols associated with each constellation. Covers all 88 constellations, each illustrated with an original pictorial star map. Gives practical guidelines for identifying any constellation with the help of spe... more »cial "signpost charts". Includes "whole sky" maps for instant reference, showing the changing positions of the stars at different times of the year. Cover the celestial myths and symbols of many cultures, from ancient Greece to China. Provides for each constellation a quick reference table of the most prominent stars, listing brightness, color and symbolic associations.« less