1. First nights -- 2. Without a telescope -- 3. Meteors -- 4. Choosing a telescope -- 5. Recording your observations -- 6. The Moon -- 7. Moon 2: advanced observations -- 8. The Sun -- 9. Jupiter -- 10. Saturn -- 11. Mars -- 12. Five planets worth watching -- 13. Asteroids -- 14. Comets -- 15. Double stars -- 16. Variable stars -- 17. The deep sky -- 18. Messier hunting -- 19. The sky on film -- 20. Solar eclipses -- 21. Lunar eclipses and occultations -- 22. Passing the torch -- 23. The poet's sky.