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Even if you don't have a telescope or binoculars, you can still enjoy naked eye star gazing. The book that got me started and which I highly recommend: The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars:_A_New_Way_to_See_Th...

https://archive.org/details/stars00hare

These are also available in the excellent Stellarium software: https://github.com/Stellarium/stellarium-skycultures/blob/ma...

I recognize H. A. Rey only as the author/illustrator of Curious George, had no idea he published anything else of note. Looks like my library has a copy. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, he is the same author. You will recognize his drawings in the Stars book.

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