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Stephen James O'Meara's Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens

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I bought this book hoping to have a guide to see what can be seen through binoculars. The author has very few objects and there is just too much written about the history than where to find the object. The charts are really bad ( raster images ) and illustrations are from huge 10 meter telescope that you will never see in binoculars. I own 3 other fine books from O"Mera and this one is a disaster. The best part of this book is the cover.

Throughout recorded time, and judging by such pre-historical sites as Stonehenge, the night sky with its wheeling starry canopy has been an enduring source of interest for ground level human observation. Even in this modern age of astronomical observatories and Hubble Space Telescopes, there is a great deal of pleasure to be taken from simply observing the ever changing night sky through the various seasons of the year with a simple pair of binoculars. That's where Stephen James O'Meara's "Observing The Night Sky With Binoculars: A Simple Guide To The Heavens" comes in. Especially appropriate and recommended for novice stargazers, "Observing The Night Sky With Binoculars" features informative anecdotes about the stars and constellations, guides the beginning stargazer in locating and identifying the brightest stars in each constellation, colorful stars, double or multiple stars, star clusters and asterisms, nebulae, galaxies, variable stars, and so much more. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images, "Observing The Night Sky With Binoculars" is specifically recommended to amateur astronomers as an excellent instruction guide to enjoying the wonders of the heavens from backyards to mountain tops.

Hands down the best backyard star gazing book ever written! Before you buy a telescope you MUST! read Stephen James O'Meara's Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars book. O'Meara writes in hard-to-put-down fascinating prose and you will learn everything you need to know to observe and appreciate the night sky, stars and constellations. You will not find a better beginners book anywhere. Grab this book, grab a pair of binoculars,go out tonight and begin to appreciate what the night sky has to offer. A must read!

I like this book, but I know they could of added color, more of something...cause this book kind of lags. It does have plenty of illustrations, and it pretty well informs the beginner and intermediate. I think a real pro may get bored and just use it as a reference of some kind. I did like the poetry stuck in there though.