239 pages - First Published 1982 - In this vade mecum of amateur astronomer the editor has collected varied and interesting articles by eight experts in their fields - Encounter with the Saturn System by Garry Hunt, What"s Gone Wrong by Reg Spry, Le Verrier and the Lost Planet by Richard Baum, Comet Swift-Tuttle by John Mason, Meteorites in the British Isles by Geraint Day, Classical Novae - One Outburst Wonders by Michael Bode, The Discovery of SS433 by Paul Murdin, Organic Grains in Space by David Allen, From Observatory to Museum by Derek Howse