Legends of the Stars - Sir Patrick Moore

Have you ever wondered how the constellations got their names? Or wanted to know the stories of the gods and heroes immortalised in the night sky?In Legends of the Stars, Patrick Moore, Britain’s best-loved astronomer and presenter of The Sky at Night for over fifty years, retells some of the stories behind these star-groups, and explains how to look for them in the heavens. From the great hunter Orion to his nemesis the Scorpion, and from Pegasus the flying horse to Jason’s ship the Argo, Moore... Zobrazit více