How can you identify constellations and star formations in the night sky? How can you use star patterns to establish direction and time? How can you use star patterns to establish direction and time? What are the legends behind the constellations? How to you know it you are looking at a comet or a UFO? This concise, illustrated guide applies simple science, history, and myth to observing and understanding the sky at night, offering entertaining answers to the mysteries of the night time sky for hikers, campers, paddlers, or any other outdoor enthusiast.