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in the Heavens

Learning the Night Sky with Stargazer Paul Derrick presents a unique approach to learning the night sky. Derrick divides the sky into nine regions, making the task of learning much easer. He then uses stories and themes to help remember the constellations in each region. Not only beginners will find this book interesting. Experienced stargazers will also discover a new and fun connection with the constellations and the beautiful objects they contain.

Stargazer's Life List, following in the bird watching tradition of keeping a life long list of observing achievements, offers stargazers at all levels a lifetime check list of astronomical objects down to the 10th magnitude.

Objects are grouped by magnitude, providing an objective means for determining one's level of stargazing achievement.

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Objects in the Heavens is a pocket-size astronomy field guide that features all known deep-sky objects to Magnitude 10 for telescope and binocular observation. Object-oriented maps include special symbols to aid in identifying objects, stars, double stars, and asterisms.

Simple enough for the beginner. Detailed enough for the advanced observer.

With Mars fever at its pitch, many observers find themselves interested in finding out more detailed information about the red planet. These two new books on the subject can help. They are now being offered through AstroMax, the AAAA Online Book Store, from the American Association of Amateur Astronomers.

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