Beginners Guide to Amateur Astronomy: An Owners Manual for the Night Sky by David J. Eicher and, Michael Emmerich (Kalmbach Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1993).
NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe by Terence Dickinson, (Firefly Books, Willowdale, ON, Canada, 3rd edition, 1999).
Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes by Harold Richard Suiter, (Willmann-Bell, Inc., Richmond, VA, 1994).
Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomers Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories by Philip S. Harrington (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998 ).
The Backyard Astronomers Guide by Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer (Firefly Books Ltd., Willowdale, ON, Canada, revised edition, 1994).
The Beginners Observing Guide: An Introduction to the Night Sky for the Novice Stargazer by Leo Enright, (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1999).
The Deep Sky: An Introduction by Philip S. Harrington (Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, MA, Sky & Telescope Observers Guides Series, ed. Leif J. Robinson, 1997).
The Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to Deep Sky Objects by David J. Eicher (Kalmbach Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1988).
Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and how to Find Them by Guy J. Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 3rd edition, 2000)
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
New! The Great Atlas of the Stars by Serge Brunier, Constellation photography by Akira Fujii (Firefly Books; Willowdale, ON, Canada 2001).
A Manual Of Advanced Celestial Photography by Brad D. Wallis and Robert W. Provin (Cambridge University Press; New York; 1984).
Astrophotography An Introduction by H.J.P. Arnold (Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, MA,Sky & Telescope Observers Guides Series, ed. Leif J. Robinson, 1995).
Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael Covington (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2nd edition,1999).
Splendors of the Universe: A Practical Guide to Photographing the Night Sky by Terence Dickinson and Jack Newton (Firefly Books, Willowdale, ON, Canada, 1997).
Wide-Field Astrophotography by Robert Reeves (Willmann-Bell, Inc., Richmond, VA, 2000).
OBSERVATIONAL REFERENCES
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets by Jay M. Pasachoff, (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999).
Atlas of the Moon by Antonín Rükl (Kalmbach Publishing Co., Books Division, Waukesha, WI, 1993).
Burnhams Celestial Handbook: An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System by Robert Burnham (Dover Publications, New York; 3- volume set, 1978).
Observers Handbook by The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, (University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada, published annually).
Sky Atlas 2000.0 by Wil Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott (Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge, MA, 2nd edition, 1998).
