The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern
Publisher: Random House UK Ltd (A Division of Random House Group)
Published: December 31, 1992
ISBN-13: 9780099301424
First sentence: In the constellation known as Sagittarius the Archer, positioned at -41 right ascendancy 19'25" two hundred light-years from the Sol system, there is a fourth-magnitude blue-white star designated as Alpha Sagittarius.