Robert Burnham, Jr.

This three-volume travelogue of the cosmos is a modern classic. Following an introduction for beginning observers are 2,138 descriptive pages on thousands of stars and deep-sky objects within reach of 2-inch or larger telescopes. Organized alphabetically by constellation, each chapter includes tables of double and multiple stars, variable stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, as well as detailed articles and essays. Hundreds of charts and diagrams; more than 300 photographs.

Volume 2 covers Chamaeleon through Orion.