DESC: This browser-based CD-ROM tool is designed to help ordinary people make original astronomical discoveries. This software features a treasure trove of how-to information and hundreds of projects from setting up an observing program to building your own telescope and observatory.??The Amateur Astronomer contains all of the classic astronomy articles of Albert Engels, C. L. Stong, plus a host of up-to-date articles from Mercury, Sky & Telescope, The Practical Observer and other publications.