Books by Philip S. Harrington

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Topics covered

Chapter 8 notes

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Recommended reading

    Books

• Celestial Harvest: 300-Plus Showpieces of the Heavens for Telescope Viewing and Contemplation; Mullaney, J.  Dover, 2002; ISBN 0486425541.

• Celestial Sampler; French, S.; Sky Pub Corp, 2005; ISBN 1931559287.

• The Deep Sky: An Introduction; Harrington, P.; Sky Pub Corp, 1997; ISBN: 0933346808.

• Deep-Sky Wonders; Houston, W. and O'Meara, S.; Sky Publishing, 1998; ISBN 093334693X.

• Night Sky Observer's Guide, volume 1 (Autumn/Winter) and volume 2 (Spring/Summer); Kepple, G. and Sanner, G.; Willmann-Bell, 1998; ISBN 0943396581.

• Star-Hopping : Your Visa to Viewing the Universe; Garfinkle, R.; Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd), 1997; ISBN: 0521598893.

• Touring the Universe Through Binoculars; Harrington, P.; John Wiley & Sons, 1990; ISBN 0471513377.

• Turn Left at Orion; Cosmolmagno, G. & Davis, D.; Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd), 2000; ISBN 0521781906.

• Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide; Pennington, H.; Willmann-Bell, 1998; ISBN 0943396549.

    Web sites

• Adventures in Deep Space

  • Some deep-sky observing projects to challenge even the most devout deep-sky observer.

• Clear Sky Clock Home page

  • Interesting site that graphically shows when the skies will be clearest (and cloudiest) over a number of selected locations throughout North America.

• Dark-Sky Site Directory

  • Directory of publicly accessible observing sites throughout the United States and Canada.

• Deep Sky Collections and Catalogs

  • Messier, Herschel, the NGC.  You name it, it's here!

• The Deep-Sky Database

  • An excellent site and tool for deep-sky observers. The site uses a web-based version of the Saguaro Astronomy Club's database, which consists of more than 10,000 records.

• Impressions of the Deep Sky

  • If you want to see what various deep-sky objects actually look like through amateur telescopes, this web site is a gold mine of information.

• International Dark Sky Association

  • The parent organization heading up the effort against excessive, poorly designed lighting.

• Light Pollution Awareness Web Site

  • Great resource for the fight against light pollution.

• National Deep Sky Observers Society

  • A worldwide network of deep-sky observers.

• NetAstroCatalog

• A mailing list and repository for posting deep-sky observations.

• Planetary Nebula Web Site

  • An excellent resource for those who enjoy the challenge of hunting down these often elusive objects.

• Richard Bell's Deep-Sky Page

• Visual Deep Sky

  • Like Impressions of the Deep Sky above, this web site contains some wonderful drawings of deep-sky objects made through the author's (Andreas Domenico) telescope.

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