Nastoiashchaia kniga, napisannaia vydaiushchimsia populiarizatorom nauki Ia.I. Perelmanom, znakomit chitatelia s otdelnymi voprosami astronomii, s ee zamechatelnymi nauchnymi dostizheniiami, rasskazyvaet v uvlekatelnoi forme o vazhneishikh iavleniiakh zvezdnogo neba. Avtor pokazyvaet mnogie kazhushchiesia privychnymi i obydennymi iavleniia s sovershenno novoi i neozhidannoi storony i raskryvaet ikh deistvitelnyi smysl. Zadachi knigi â€" razvernut pered chitatelem shirokuiu kartinu mirovogo prostranstva i proiskhodiashchikh v nem udivitelnykh iavlenii i vozbudit interes k odnoi iz samykh uvlekatelnykh nauk â€" k nauke o zvezdnom nebe. Dlia vsekh, kto interesuetsia astronomiei, v tom chisle uchitelei, lektorov, rukovoditelei kruzhkov, liuboznatelnykh shkolnikov.