Observers' manuals
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Half-hours with the telescope
40 nights to knowing the sky
Comets and meteors
Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes
The Messier objects field guide
Stargazing with Binoculars
Deep-sky wonders
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets
Astronomy handbook
Making & enjoying telescopes
The Audubon Society field guide to North American weather
The planet observer's handbook
The Cambridge guide to the constellations
Stargazing With a Telescope
Discover the stars
Moon
International cloud atlas
Astronomy today
Astronomy
Asteroids and dwarf planets and how to observe them
The southern sky guide
The practical astronomer
NightWatch
Cambridge pocket star finder
Astronomy With a Small Telescope
365 Starry Nights
Stargazing
The amateur astronomer
The young astronomer
Eclipse!
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