The constellations and how to find them; 13 maps, showing the position of the constellations in the sky during each month of any year. A popular and simple guide to a knowledge of the starry heavens, with introduction, general explanations, and a separate description of each map
A popular star atlas by Scottish astronomer William Peck, first issued in 1887 and reprinted in Boston by Silver, Burdett & Co. for amateur skywatchers, with thirteen monthly maps and explanatory text. The plates are circular night-sky charts printed white on deep blue, with graded dots for magnitude, dotted constellation lines, a mottled Milky Way band, and jagged horizon borders labelled by compass point.
