How do you get to Albireo? -- How to use this book -- Using your telescope -- Know your telescope -- Basic telescope math -- The moon -- The sun -- Observing planets -- The giant planets : Jupiter & Saturn -- Moons and rings -- The fast moving planets : Venus and Mercury -- Mars -- The far, and the faint : Uranus, Neptune, etc -- Seasonal skies : January-March -- About diffuse nebulae -- About open clusters -- Seasonal skies : April-June -- About planetary nebulae -- About galaxies -- About globular clusters -- Seasonal skies : July-September -- Seasonal skies : October-December -- Northern skies -- Southern skies -- About this fifth edition -- Where do you go from here? -- Accessories -- The truth about cats and Dobs -- Tables

"A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders." --