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Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope lets the reader follow in Charles Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself! This book contains descriptions and photographs of  his 110 cataloged objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Messier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and this book shows what you can see with a small telescope or even binoculars!

Astronomy -- Charts, diagrams, etc. --- Astronomy -- Observers' manuals. --- Galaxies -- Charts, diagrams, etc. --- Messier, Charles. --- Nebulae -- Charts, diagrams, etc. --- Stars -- Clusters -- Charts, diagrams, etc. --- Astronomy --- Galaxies --- Stars --- Nebulae --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomical Observatories & Instruments --- Astronomy - General --- Clusters --- Galactic nebulae --- Gaseous nebulae --- Nebulas --- Sidereal system --- Extragalactic nebulae --- Nebulae, Extragalactic --- Physics. --- History. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Popular works. --- Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Popular Science, general. --- History of Science. --- Observations. --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Dynamics --- Circumstellar matter --- Science (General). --- Astronomy—Observations.