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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Basic Information for Astronomical Observers | |
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| Field of View: 180[degree] (the Whole Sky) to 100[degree] (Naked-Eye Scan) | |
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| The Starry Sky | |
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| Total Eclipse of the Sun | |
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| Meteor Shower or Storm | |
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| Fireball Meteor | |
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| The Northern Lights, or Aurora | |
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| Bright Satellite or Spacecraft | |
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| The Milky Way | |
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| Field of View: 100[degree] to 50[degree] (the Widest Fixed Naked-Eye Field) | |
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| The Big Dipper and the North Star | |
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| The Orion Group of Constellations | |
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| The Summer Triangle Region | |
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| Field of View: 50[degree] to 15[degree] (Moderately Wide Naked-Eye Field) | |
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| Venus and Mercury at Greatest Elongation | |
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| Venus, Jupiter, and Mars at Brightest | |
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| Bright Comet with Long Tail | |
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| Sirius, the Brightest Star | |
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| Other Bright Stars | |
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| Orion | |
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| Other Prominent Constellations | |
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| Field of View: 15[degree] to 1[degree] (Narrow Naked-Eye Field, Binoculars Field, and Wide-Telescopic Field) | |
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| Total Eclipse of the Moon | |
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| Total Eclipse of the Sun Close-Up | |
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| The Moon at Full and Other Phases | |
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| Very Thin Crescent Moon | |
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| Lunar Conjunctions and Occultations | |
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| Planetary Conjunctions | |
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| Bright Comet Close-Up | |
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| The Hyades Star Cluster and Aldebaran | |
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| The Pleiades | |
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| Other Very Bright Large Open-Star Clusters | |
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| Orion's Belt and Sword | |
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| Algol, Mira, and Other Dramatic Variable Stars | |
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| Novae, Supernovae, and Supernova Remnants | |
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| Starriest Fields | |
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| The Sagittarius Milky Way Region | |
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| The Great Andromeda Galaxy | |
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| The Realm of the Galaxies | |
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| Field of View: 1[degree] to 0.1[degree] or Less (Medium to Narrow Telescopic Field) | |
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| Overall Telescopic Views of the Moon | |
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| Close-Up Views of Lunar Craters and Other Features of the Moon | |
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| Sunspots and Other Solar Features | |
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| Partial Eclipses of the Sun | |
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| Transits of Mercury and Venus | |
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| Venus Near Inferior Conjunction | |
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| Jupiter and Its Moons | |
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| Saturn and Its Rings and Moons | |
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| Mars at Closest in a Telescope | |
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| Uranus, Neptune, and Other Dim but Important Worlds | |
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| A Colorful or Otherwise Striking Double Star | |
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| The Great Orion Nebula | |
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| A Rich Open Cluster | |
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| A Bright Globular Cluster | |
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| A Bright Planetary Nebula | |
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| A Bright and Structured Galaxy | |
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| Total Solar Eclipses, 2008-2024 | |
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| Major Meteor Showers | |
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| Total and Partial Lunar Eclipses, 2007-2017 | |
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| The Brightest Stars | |
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| Transits of Venus and Mercury | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Sources | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Index | |