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How to be an astronomer

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The Guide to Amateur Astronomy, Second Edition.

By Jack Newton and Philip Teece. Cambridge University Press: 1995. Pp. 335. £24.95, $34.95. The Observer's Guide to Astronomy, Volumes 1 and 2. Edited by Patrick Martinez. Cambridge University Press: 1994. Pp. 1,148. Vol. 1: £50, $79.95 (hbk); £24.95, $34.95 (pbk); Vol. 2; £50, $79.95 (hbk); £24.95, $34.95 (pbk). Compendium of Practical Astronomy, Volume 1: Instrumentation and Reduc-tion Techniques; Volume 2: Earth and Solar System; Vol. 3: Stars and Stellar Systems. Edited by Gunter Dietmar Roth. Springer: 1994. Vol. 1: Pp. 540, DM98 (pbk); Vol. 2: Pp. 362, DM68 (pbk); Vol. 3: Pp. 321, DM68 (pbk).

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Hughes, D. How to be an astronomer. Nature 374, 318–319 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/374318a0

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