Star Maps for Beginners: 50th Anniversary Edition

Designed with the beginner in mind and useful to anyone interested in astronomy. is the classic guide to viewing and understanding the heavens. Its superb maps — drawn in the shape of two crossed ellipses — provide the reader with a unique perspective on the sky and have been widely acknowledged as the easiest system yet devised for locating any constellation at any time of the year. Now revised for the 1990s, with updated planet charts and a new section on spotting meteor showers. includes: Initially published in 1942 and now celebrating its 50th anniversary, has sold more than 450,000 copies.