Eight handy charts, designed to be held overhead, help you locate, identify, and learn about the stars and constellations visible in each season. Detailed maps provide a close-up look at interesting regions of the sky, and a fact-filled text delivers information on objects within each constellation. By Robert Burnham.
Robert Burnham is an American science writer, who specialises in the fields of astronomy and astronautics. His career has included a position as editor of "Astronomy" magazine. Currently, he is the public information officer at the Mars Space Flight Facility of Arizona State University.
(Not to be confused with the author of "Burnham's Celestial Handbook", who was Robert Burnham Jr.)