Written in the spirit of C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time , Siegel has written an enchanting story of how ancient Britain and the fate of a race of benevolent centaurs on a planet near Alpha Centauri all become bound up with the choices of one little girl. Description Partially visible only in March and April from 35 degrees north latitude. Until early modern times the Centaur included Crux , which now nestles underneath his body. The size of each star indicates its relative magnitude .
Constellation names are light blue .
Messier object numbers are pink . Globular clusters are gold starbursts . Open clusters are dotted white circles. Planetary nebula are green diamonds . Bright nebula are magenta squares .