The Amateur Astronomer and His Telescope by Gunter D. Roth

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good+. 1963. D Van Nostrand Company. Illustrated.

The splendour of the heavens as revealed in a telescope leaves few people unmoved. In some it evokes no more than amazed wonderment; others cannot be content with superficial curiousity and this book has been written for those who wish to undertake serious and systematic practical observation. The author is an active amatuer astronomer who has had much to do with organizing astronomical societies in Germany. Fully aware of the sort of problems which confront the would- be observer, Roth writes in the light of experience of both professional and amateur astronomers in all walks of life.