After tinkering not very successfully with a beginner 76 mm telescope for about six months, this book showed me what I was missing and gave me the confidence in myself and my equipment that I really needed. The charts are well-organised, favouring objects that are interesting and easy to find, and are very easy to relate to the view through the eyepiece. The background information has a can-do attitude that stresses that there's something in the sky for any telescope user, and that you should make no apologies for whatever equipment you happen to use. These days I'm out under the skies more often and with more purpose than ever before.… (más)
If you are just getting started with amateur astronomy, this is a great book. It tells clearly how to find some of the most easily seen, but also most spectacular objects in our night sky. You may outgrow this book quite quickly though - nevertheless, an excellent place to start!
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