A popular story about the starry sky, about its division into constellations, which constellations are visible in winter, spring, summer and autumn. The reader will learn from the book about the main attractions of each constellation - double variable stars, star clusters, nebulae and other objects. Separate chapters are devoted to the starry sky of Antarctica, the Milky Way and the bodies of the solar system Special attention is paid to the Moon and the initial acquaintance with lunar topography. The new edition of the book takes into account the discoveries of recent years in the field of stellar astronomy, tells about quasars, “black holes”, about the latest data on the morphology of galaxies.