NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS ULTIMATE Explorer FIELD GUIDE Night Sky Howard Schneider NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WASHINGTON D C
Contents Let's Go Stargazing How to Use This Book Getting to know the Night Sky Ancient Skywatchers Tips for Reading the Night Sky Binoculars Telescopes and More The Sky Above Us Clouds at Dusk Sunrise and Sunset Phases of the Moon Eclipses Solar and Lunar Aurora Borealis Satellites and Spacecraft LEO THE LION SPECTACULAR SKY CONJUNCTIONS Our Solar System The Sun Mercury Venus Earth The Moon Mars Asteroids Ceres Jupiter and Its Moons Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Kuiper Belt Comets Meteors SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFT SPECTACULAR SKY VENUS Our Galaxy The Milky Way Stars in Our Galaxy Sirius Arcturus Vega Capella Rigel Procyon Achernar Novae Supernovae Black Holes Clusters Nebulae MILKY WAY GALAXY
SPECTACULAR SKY EAGLE NEBULA Seasons of the Sky Winter Sky The Big Dipper Orion the Hunter Spring Sky Leo the Lion and Leo Minor Summer Sky Summer Triangle Autumn Sky Cassiopeia Cygnus the Swan Delphinus the Dolphin Draco the Dragon Equuleus the Little Horse Eridanus the River Grus the Crane Hercules the Superhero Hydra the Sea Serpent Lacerta the Lizard Lepus the Hare Lynx the Lynx Lyra the Lyre Monoceros the Unicorn Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Perseus the Hero SPECTACULAR SKY SOUTHERN SKY STARS SPECTACULAR SKY PERSEID METEOR SHOWER The Zodiac Aries the Ram Taurus the Bull Gemini the Twins Cancer the Crab Leo the Lion Virgo the Virgin Libra the Scales Scorpius the Scorpion Sagittarius the Archer Capricornus the Sea Goat Aquarius the Water Bearer Pisces the Fish Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish Puppis the Stern Sagitta the Arrow Scutum the Shield Sextans the Sextant Triangulum the Triangle Ursa Major the Great Bear Ursa Minor the Little Bear Vulpecula the Fox SPECTACULAR SKY PLEIADES Find Out More Sighting Charts Glossary Index Credits More Amazing Constellations Andromeda the Chained Maiden Antlia the Air Pump Aquila the Eagle Auriga the Charioteer Boötes the Herdsman Camelopardalis the Giraffe Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs Canis Major the Larger Dog Canis Minor the Smaller Dog Cepheus the King Cetus the Sea Monster Columba the Dove Coma Berenices the Hair of Berenice Corona Australis the Southern Crown SPECTACULAR SKY ANDROMEDA GALAXY Corona Borealis the Northern Crown Corvus the Crow Crater the Cup AURORA BOREALIS OR NORTHERN LIGHTS
