Double & Multiple Stars, and How to Observe Them

Double &Multiple Stars, and How to Observe Them is written specially forpractical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but wantto know and understand the details of exactly what they are lookingat.

Increasing lightpollution throughout the world does not affect the viewing of doubleand multiple stars, unlike most classes of deep-sky objects. More andmore amateur astronomers are turning to this interesting ? andscientifically useful ? area.

The concept ofthe book ? and of the series ? is to present an up-to-date detaileddescription of the objects, their physics and their evolution (partone); and then (part two) to consider how to observe and record themsuccessfully.

Double &Multiple Stars, and How to Observe Them is a mine of information forall levels of amateur observers, from the beginner to theexperienced; it is equally fascinating for practical astronomers, andalso for those who simply want to find out more about these unusualstar systems.