Deep Sky Objects: The Best and Brightest from Four Decades of Comet Chasing

A discoverer or co-discoverer of 21 comets, Levy helps astronomy buffs in any hemisphere and locale find 100 deep sky objects, such as double and triple stars, nebulae, galaxies and quasars. He offers a physical description and a discussion of each object's history and beauty, along with a star atlas. The text includes color and black- and-white photographs and illustrations to help readers find these objects. Annotation © 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

David H. Levy (Vail, AZ), one of the most successful comet discoverers in history, is president of Jarnac Observatory, science editor for PARADE magazine, a contributing editor for Sky and Telescope and Sky News magazines, and the author of Starry Nights, Cosmic Discoveries (with Wendee Wallach Levy), The Quest for Comets, and Impact Jupiter, among other books.