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Beginner's Guide to Amateur Astronomy: 

An Owner's Manual for the Night Sky by David J. 
Eicher and, Michael Emmerich (Kalmbach Publishing 
Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1993).

NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the 
Universe

 by Terence Dickinson, (Firefly Books, 

Willowdale, ON, Canada, 3rd edition, 1999).

Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Ultimate 
Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes 
and Accessories

 by Philip S. Harrington (John Wiley 

& Sons, New York, 1998 ).

The Backyard Astronomer's Guide

  by Terence 

Dickinson and Alan Dyer (Firefly Books Ltd., 
Willowdale, ON, Canada, revised edition, 1994).

The Beginner's Observing Guide: An Introduction 
to the Night Sky for the Novice Stargazer

 by Leo 

Enright, (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 
Toronto, ON, Canada, 1999).

The Deep Sky: An Introduction

 by Philip S. 

Harrington (Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, 
MA, Sky & Telescope Observer's Guides Series, ed. Leif 
J. Robinson, 1997).

The Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to 
Deep Sky Objects

 by David J. Eicher (Kalmbach 

Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1988).

Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky 
Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and how 
to Find Them

 by Guy J. Consolmagno and Dan M. 

Davis, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 3rd 
edition, 2000)
 

A Manual Of Advanced Celestial Photography

 by 

Brad D. Wallis and Robert W. Provin (Cambridge 
University Press; New York; 1984)

Astrophotography An Introduction

 by H.J.P. Arnold 

(Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, MA,Sky & Telescope 
Observer's Guides Series, ed. Leif J. Robinson, 1995).

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Astrophotography for the Amateur:

 by Michael 

Covington (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 
UK, 2nd edition,1999).

Splendors of the Universe:

 A Practical Guide to 

Photographing the Night Sky by Terence Dickinson 
and Jack Newton (Firefly Books, Willowdale, ON, 
Canada, 1997)

Wide-Field Astrophotography

 by Robert Reeves 

(Willmann-Bell, Inc., Richmond, VA, 2000).

A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets

 by Jay M. 

Pasachoff, (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999).

Atlas of the Moon

 by Antonín Rükl (Kalmbach 

Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1993).

Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's 
Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System

 

by Robert Burnham (Dover  Publications, New York; 
3- volume set, 1978).

Observer's Handbook

 by The Royal Astronomical 

Society of Canada, (University of Toronto Press, 
Toronto, ON, Canada, published annually).

Sky Atlas 2000.0

 by Wil Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott 

(Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, MA, 2nd edition, 
1998)

Astronomy Magazine

 (Kalmbach Publishing Co., 

Waukesha, WI)

Sky & Telescope Magazine

  (Sky Publishing Corp., 

Cambridge, MA)

SkyNews Magazine: The Canadian Magazine 
of Astronomy & Stargazing

 (SkyNews Inc., Yarker, 

ON, Canada)

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