Pleasures of the telescope / An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers

by Garrett Putman Serviss

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1692 S. Pleasures of the Telescope GARRETT P. SERVISS

This book says to the amateur, in effect:—"What if you have not all advantages of clockwork and observatory equipment. You may know something of the witchery of the heavens even with a little telescope of three to five inches aperture!" "Pleasures of the Telescope" is popular in style rather than technical. For setting forth "the chief attractions of the starry heavens," a complete set of star-maps is included, showing "all the stars visible to the naked eye in the regions of sky represented, and in addition some stars that can only be seen with optical aid." In six chapters these twenty-six maps are described so plainly that the amateur can readily find all the interesting star-groups, clusters, and nebulæ, and also the colored or double stars. In the three concluding chapters the moon and planets receive special consideration. In the opening chapter the amateur is told how to select and test a glass.

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