Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-505) and indexes.
Part I: Background -- About Binoculars (And Everything Connected to Them) -- Celestial Mechanics -- Those Wonderful Distant Suns -- Non-Stellar Objects -- Using Models to Understand Our Place in Space and Time -- Preparing for Observation Sessions -- Part II: Constellations -- Appendix: For Beginners Only -- Index.
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A guide to practical astronomy. It introduces the reader to some basic (and some not-so-basic) astronomical concepts, and discusses the stars and their evolution, the planets, nebulae, and distant galaxies.