SKY OBSERVERS GD UPDATED/E (Golden Guides) - Softcover

Filled with practical information for the amateur astronomer, this Golden Guide explains:

-How to select and use binoculars and telescopes
-How to best observe stars, the moon, planets, comets, meteors, and other celestial objects
-How to use star charts

Profusely illustrated with photographs, diagrams, charts, and tables, this guide is recommended by leading astronomers.

Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.