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Congratulations! You’ve successfully navigated your way through the bewildering number of products available to the budding grab ‘n’ go astronomer. You’ve chosen your telescope, its accessories and mount and are ready to explore the universe from the comfort of your backyard or your vacation dark sky site. In this part of the book we’ll be exploring the rich milieu of celestial real estate ready for observing. The subjects discussed are rather selective, but they will serve to give the reader a flavor of the kinds of things that can be profitably observed with a small telescope.
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English, N. (2014). Our Stellar Universe. In: Grab 'n' Go Astronomy. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0826-4_7
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