SEEING IN THE DARK Anyone can get started in astronomy, just by going outside on a dark night with a star chart and learning their way around. Timothy Ferris, one of today's most respected astronomers, invites everyone to become a stargazer. Discussing reports from places like the Florida Keys, England and Italy, Ferris tells us what's been seen out there the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, the Virgo super cluster, and how to find them. His devotion to astronomy is clear, and his respect for the universe immense. This work is a starting point for the future of space.

TIMOTHY FERRIS, called "the best popular science writer in the English language today." (The Christian Science Monitor) and "the best science writer of his generation" (The Washington Post), is the author of ten books. He lives in San Francisco and stargazes from his personal astronomical observatory on Sonoma Mountain in California's wine country.