Books by Philip S. Harrington
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Topics covered
- Summer deep-sky objects
Chapter 7 updates
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None (so far)
Recommended reading
Books
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Celestial Harvest: 300-Plus Showpieces of the Heavens for Telescope Viewing and Contemplation; Mullaney, J. Dover, 2002; ISBN 0486425541.
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Celestial Sampler; French, S. Sky Publishing, 2007; ISBN 1931559287
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Deep-Sky Wonders; Houston, W. and O'Meara, S.; Sky Publishing, 1998; ISBN 093334693X.
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Night Sky Observer's Guide, volume 1 (Autumn/Winter) and volume 2 (Spring/Summer); Kepple, G. and Sanner, G.; Willmann-Bell, 1998; ISBN 0943396581.
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Star-Hopping : Your Visa to Viewing the Universe; Garfinkle, R.; Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd), 1997; ISBN: 0521598893.
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Touring the Universe Through Binoculars; Harrington, P.; John Wiley & Sons, 1990; ISBN 0471513377.
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Turn Left at Orion; Cosmolmagno, G. & Davis, D.; Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd), 2000; ISBN 0521781906.
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Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide; Pennington, H.; Willmann-Bell, 1998; ISBN 0943396549.
Web sites
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Some deep-sky observing projects to challenge even the most devout deep-sky observer.
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Interesting site that graphically shows when the skies will be clearest (and cloudiest) over a number of selected locations throughout North America.
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Deep Sky Collections and Catalogs
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Messier, Herschel, the NGC. You name it, it's here!
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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.
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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.
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International Dark Sky Association
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The parent organization heading up the effort against excessive, poorly designed lighting.
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Light Pollution Awareness Web Site
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Great resource for the fight against light pollution.
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National Deep Sky Observers Society
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A worldwide network of deep-sky observers.
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A mailing list and repository for posting deep-sky observations.
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Directory of publicly accessible observing sites throughout the United States and Canada.
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An excellent resource for those who enjoy the challenge of hunting down these often elusive objects.
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An amateur project to survey all of the asterisms in my books Touring the Universe Through Binoculars and The Deep Sky: An Introduction.
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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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