Sky Watcher's Handbook: The Expert Reference Source for the Amateur Astronomer

Serious amateurs today can make more discoveries and original observations than could their predecessors, and professional astronomers are giving them significant status and support. Sky Watcher's Handbook is for the amateur astronomer who, having passed through the first stage of getting acquainted with the sky, has decided to concentrate on a particular object or class of objects and make serious observations. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive distillation of collective wisdom available to the amateur astronomer.