This is something of a bird book for heavenly bodies: it briefly describes some of the prominent or important ones, and gives some lightweight advice on watching them, but doesn't give much of an understanding of their inner workings or life cycles.

It's frustratingly light on details. Mr. Regas writes "Many people think the Big Dipper is a constellation, but it's actually an asterism, a recognizable shape of stars." Aren't constellations also recognizable shapes of stars? Does the distinction point to clusters of stars that are physically near each other versus those that are merely in the same general direction from our perspective on Earth? (The answer appears to be that constellations are asterisms that have been officially recognized by the IAU.) The effect on this reader is that of a guy at a party who begins a recognizable fraction of his sentences with "well, actually". Technically may be the best kind of correct, but it doesn't make for a satisfying read.