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Originally Posted by allan gould
I have a copy of his books and I think that is the right mix of every thing that amateurs what. Serious science whith good explanations. Its a pity that the epoch for the objects has not been updated but then someone would try to fiddle with the text which would be a pity, unless added as an addendum to update to current knowledge.
In my oppinion a great set of relevant information that makes you want to observe.
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Brian Skiff of the Lowell Observatory and an Amateur astronomer as well as a professional, thought about updating it, but thought that as only the science needed updating would only detract from the great work that Burnham did, and as there is so many other publications that you can get the updates left it as it is
