Sky Vistas

Table of Contents: Acknowledgements • Key to Abbreviations • Captions of Color Plates Introduction The Stars • Stellar Groups • Nebulae • Galaxies Open Clusters Summer Constellations • Autumn Constellations • Winter Constellations • Open Clusters of Spring The Milky Way and its Bright Nebulae The Star Clouds of Sagittarius and Scutum • The Aquila Inter-arm Gap and the Great Rift • The Star Clouds and Nebulae of Cygnus • The Associations of Cepheus and Lacerta • The Cassiopeia Window • The Milky Way toward the Rim of the Galaxy • The Orion Association Galaxies and Galaxy Groups The Local Group • Nearby Galaxy Groups • Galaxy Groups in Leo • The Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster • Other Galaxies of the Spring Skies • Looking out of the Local Supercluster Stars, Globulars, Planetaries Stars • Globular Clusters • Planetary Nebulae Sources • General Index • Open Clusters Index • Bright Nebulae Index • Stellar Associations Index • Galaxies Index • The Authors