Northern Sky: Charting the Heavens
Drive far enough from the spreading glow of the suburbs, let your eyes adjust, and a so-called dark night turns into an explosion of light. Northern Sky: Charting the Heavens is the northern hemisphere star chart National Geographic built for that view, drawn for its Atlas of the World, 11th Edition and now sold on its own.
All 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union appear here, not just as mythological pictures but as the boundary units that partition the sky. Principal stars carry their Greek letter designations, alpha for the brightest in a constellation, beta for the second, and on down. Galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae are labeled by Messier Catalogue number or New General Catalogue number.
It pairs naturally with Southern Sky: Charting the Heavens on a gallery wall, and it earns its place in a classroom, an observatory club room, or the office of anyone who owns a telescope. Map Shop finishes it laminated, mounted to foam core, or framed in black or walnut molding.

