'The Observer's Guide'

The Observer's Guide

During the years of 1987 to 1992, the amateur deep sky magazine The Observer's Guide was brought out bi-monthly by George R. Kepple and Glen W. Sanner. In this publication, amateur observations were published in the form of photos, drawings, and visual descriptions (eyepiece impressions), together with finder charts based on George's Astro Cards. Included were all Messier objects, most NGC and IC as well as many other deep sky objects. The issues each treated one or more, or part of one, constellation. An index is given below:

No. Months      Constellation[s]

 1  Mar-Apr 87  CVn
 2  May-Jun 87  Oph, Ser Cau
 3  Jul-Aug 87  Sgr
 4  Sep-Oct 87  Cyg
 5  Nov-Dec 87  Col, Tau
 6  Jan-Feb 88  Ori
 7  Mar-Apr 88  Leo
 8  May-Jun 88  Sco
 9  Jul-Aug 88  Her, Lyr
10  Sep-Oct 88  Peg, And
11  Nov-Dec 88  Gem
12  Jan-Feb 89  CMi, Lep, Mon
13  Mar-Apr 89  Com
14  May-Jun 89  Sct, Aql
15  Jul-Aug 89  Cep
16  Sep-Oct 89  Cet
17  Nov-Dec 89  Aur, Lyr
18  Jan-Feb 90  CMa
19  Mar-Apr 90  Vir (1)
20  May-Jun 90  Vir (2)
21  Jul-Aug 90  Vul, Sge, Del, Equ
22  Sep-Oct 90  Cas
23  Nov-Dec 90  Per
24  Jan-Feb 91  UMa
25  Mar-Apr 91  Hya, Pyx, Ant
26  May-Jun 91  Dra, UMi
27  Jul-Aug 91  Lac, Aqr, Cap, PsA, Scl
28  Sep-Oct 91  Eri, For
29  Nov-Dec 91  Psc, Ari, Tri
30  Jan-Feb 92  Cnc, Pup
31  Mar-Apr 92  Cam, Sex, Cra, Crv
32  May-Jun 92  Boo, CrB, Lib, Ser Cap

Most Northern constellations are covered in this survey (Leo Minor, LMi, is a notable exception). There are considerations to bring out this whole work as a book at some time in the future. Some of the issues are still available from George R. Kepple's Astro Cards.

Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 14 Feb 1998, 17:30 MET