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Listing over 500 sky targets, this guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets contains challenges suitable for the naked eye, binoculars, and backyard telescopes. Each target object has a difficulty rating, a realistic illustration, and a detailed finder chart.
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Philip S. Harrington is the author of eight previous books for the amateur astronomer, including Touring the Universe through Binoculars, Star Ware, and Star Watch. He is also a contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, where he has authored the magazine's monthly 'Binocular Universe' column and 'Phil Harrington's Challenge Objects', a quarterly online column on Astronomy.com. He is an Adjunct Professor at Dowling College and Suffolk County Community College, New York, where he teaches courses in stellar and planetary astronomy.
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