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Observers' manuals

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The Edmund sky guide

Terence Dickinson

1977

Observing the Moon

Gerald North

2000

Stargazing secrets

Anton Vamplew

2007

Seeing for yourself

Roger Gleason

1992

Starwatch

Robin Kerrod

2003

Secrets of the night sky

Bob Berman

1995

Stars

Robert H. Baker, Herbert S. Zim

1956

Stargazers

Gail Gibbons

1992

Instructions for observing the total solar eclipse of July 29, 1878

United States Naval Observatory

1878

Touring the universe through binoculars

Philip S. Harrington

1990

The amateur astronomer's handbook

James Muirden

1968

The starry room

Fred Schaaf

1988

The stars, a new way to see them

H. A. Rey

1952

Atlas of the Night Sky

Storm Dunlop

2005

Janice VanCleave's constellations for every kid

Janice Pratt VanCleave

1997

Half-hours with the telescope

Richard A. Proctor

1873

40 nights to knowing the sky

Fred Schaaf

1998

Comets and meteors

Isaac Asimov

1972

Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes

Michael A. Covington

2002

The Messier objects field guide

Stephen James O'Meara

1998

Stargazing with Binoculars

Robin Scagell

2008

Deep-sky wonders

Sue French

2011

A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets

Donald Howard Menzel, Jay M. Pasachoff

1964

Astronomy handbook

James Muirden

1987

Making & enjoying telescopes

Robert Miller

1995

The Audubon Society field guide to North American weather

David McWilliams Ludlum

1991

The planet observer's handbook

Fred W. Price

2000

The Cambridge guide to the constellations

Michael E. Bakich

1995

Stargazing With a Telescope

Robin Scagell

2009

Discover the stars

Richard Berry

1987

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