Another one of those books I just sort of ran into at Powells (good thing I don't live in Portland!). This was a good overview of the night sky and the constellations. Nothing spectacular but I did like reading about the stories behind the constellations. I think it is interesting how mangled the sky really is. Most of the constellations were Greek but an amazing amount of star names are actually Arabic. One of the more beautiful atlas of the sky was done by Bevis in 1750 and his Uranograhia Britannica. Beautiful rendition of the night sky. A very rare book.
Overall I still think HA Rey is one of the better guides!
Photo of my favorite constellation:
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