The Southern Night Sky: A Glow-in-the-Dark Guide to Prominent Stars & Constellations South of the Equator (A Pocket Naturalist Guide) Pamphlet – June 29, 2015

I took this, along with East Africa Wildlife and East Africa Birds, on a 21-day safari to Kenya and Tanzania. I'd wanted to see the Southern sky with a guide that allowed me to pick out the constellations easily, and that would not require me turning on a flashlight to see and then become blind to the stars themselves. Unfortunately, we had a gibbous and then full moon to hide the stars until the very end (no fault in the stars/guide), but those last few nights I was able to identify several key constellations, having figured out a couple of significant ones to key from. I gave this to our trip leader at the end as a gift. I brought along a couple more and had given them to other guides along the way, and to one of the schools our group supported that we visited.One "star" is missing from my review because it proved challenging to figure out exactly how to align this at <5deg. lat. -- in early October, exactly between the two orientation months supplied -- and find a keystone star to gage the others from. It would be very, very helpful to have some kind of guidance on which stars to zero in on and how -- at various latitudes and months. I'd suggest that anyone using this NOT in June or December, and at equatorial latitudes, use a separate guide to become oriented in advance, then use this at "time-of" to spot these amazing constellations.Meantime, this was the best guide I found for the purpose. And it was VERY welcomed as a gift when I got there!

This is a very basic star chart, with some supplemental information about the constellations. It is well made and nicely coated. It is not designed for serious observing or star-hopping. Probably a great tool for teaching kids.

A bit harder to use than the traditional planispheres. Glow in dark feature requires and incandescent light bulb. LED flashlights don't have right wavelength of light to excite the glow in the dark paint used in the chart print.

Easy to use and compact to fit in a pocket. We are planning on going on a 17 day South America cruise and this is an ideal solution to see the Southern Sky on top deck in the quiet of the evening. For the price it is a bargain.

Very handy for learning our night sky

Beautiful and simple.

I got this for daughter traveling to South Africa. She was glad it glowed in the dark!

this is an excellent piece of equipment,for guidance to the night sky,i am a beginner star gazer,i live in the southern hemisphere,and there was the correct one for me...

Looks like a book but it’s actually just a laminated card leaflet. A bit of fun really. One side shows constellations in June and December the other a description of groups of stars. I’m looking forward to seeing the real thing later this year.

Nothing more than an introductary leaflet.Left mine with friend in Oz who found it useful

A brilliant guide for the Southern night sky.

This is only a pamphlet which doesn't give you accurate details of the sky throughout the year. Was looking for more detail.

A really handy guide to carry on a trip.