First part

• INTRODUCTION

• 60 MM REFRACTOR AND 115 MM REFLECTOR

  • General features
    • The tube
    • The mounting
    • The tripod
  • The 60 mm refractor
    • Interest
    • Description
  • The 115 mm reflector
    • Interest
    • Description
  • The accessories
    • The eyepieces
    • The diagonal
    • The finder
    • The Deep Sky filters

• DEEP SKY OBSERVATION

  • The Deep Sky
    • Our galaxy's Deep Sky Objects
    • The other galaxies
  • The Magnitudes
    • Limiting magnitude test
    • Wide objects magnitude and surface brightness
  • The observing conditions
    • General features
    • At the eyepiece
  • Finding an object

• THE DESCRIPTIONS

  • The way they where done
  • Object's features
    • Catalog number
    • Nature of the object
    • The difficulty level
    • Finding difficulty
    • Interest
    • Visibility
    • Constellation
    • Dimensions
    • Magnitude
    • Coordinates
    • Stars used to find Deep Sky Objects
    • Sky Atlas 2000.0 et Uranometria 2000.0 chart number
    • Visibility Zone number
    • The observing site
    • The conditions
    • The description
  • Terminology

• THE ILLUSTRATIONS

  • • CCD images
    • Comparison with descriptions
    • Deep Sky drawings

Second part

• SPRING

  • • Surrounding Ursa Major
    • "The Nebulae's Nest"
    • Above the Southern Horizon

  SUMMER

  • • The globulars kingdom
    • Towards our galaxy's center
    • Surrounding Aquila
    • Surrounding Cygnus
    • Hercule and the Dragon

  AUTUMN

  • • Autumn Milky Way
    • Autumn galaxies
    • Above the Southern Horizon

  WINTER

  • • Surrounding Orion and Canis Major
    • Taurus, Auriga and Gemini