Includes index

Introduction -- Ptolemy's constellations. Northern Celestial quadrant I -- Northern Celestial quadrant II -- Northern Celestial quadrant III -- Northern Celestial quadrant IV -- Southern celestial quadrant I -- Southern celestial quadrant II -- Southern celestial quadrant III -- Southern celestial quadrant IV -- Constellations after Ptolemy. Plancius's constellations -- Plancius's collaborative constellations -- Hevelius's constellations -- De Lacaille's constellations -- Vopel's constellations -- Appendices

"From Annette Giesecke, bestselling author of Classical Mythology A to Z, this is the only book for adults that tells the stories of the myths and legends that underpin all 88 named constellations in the night sky--from Andromeda to Orion to Virgo. Includes star maps of the northern and southern hemispheres"--