Essential Astronomer Tools
The Huachuca Astronomy Club (HAC) toured the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Mt. Graham, Arizona, on June 14, 2008. At the largest optical telescope in the world, professional astronomers have HAC members Bob Kepple and Glen Sanner's Night Sky Observer's Guide volumes on their desktop reference bookshelf in the LBT Control Room.

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In the LBT Control Room — Essential Astronomer Tools: paper, pencil, calculator, electrical tape, light bulb, plastic box, mouse, computer.	In the LBT Control Room — Essential Astronomer Tools: The Night Sky Observer's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2, by Kepple and Sanner; Uranometria 2000.0; Norton's Star Atlas; The Astronomical Almanac; et al.
In the LBT Control Room — Essential Astronomer: Glen Sanner.	In the LBT Control Room — Essential Astronomer: Bob Kepple.

The Night Sky Observer's Guide, Volumes 1, 2, and 3.