Category : Astronomy Books

Deep Sky Observing Second Edition Book Review

Posted on: January 22, 2018 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Deep Sky Observing – Second Edition The author Steven R Coe has years of astronomy observing and knows all the pitfalls of not preparing for a night of observing. This means there are tonnes of practical advice in this Deep Sky Observing book. Deep Sky Observing begins with some introductory chapters about who this book

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Patrick Moore’s Observers Year 366 Nights of the Universe

Posted on: July 31, 2017 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Patrick Moore’s Observers Year: 366 Nights of the Universe by Mike Inglis, 3rd Edition published by Springer The original text of Patrick Moore’s Observers Year: 366 Nights of the Universe was written by Patrick Moore, and the majority of the text has not been touched but the data has been updated. This version of the

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Atlas of Great Comets Book Review

Posted on: April 25, 2017 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Atlas of Great Comets by Ronald Stoyan, published by Cambridge University Press The Atlas of Great Comets is a hardcover book by Ronald Stoyan. It’s hard to imagine what a comet book will contain, whether it’s lots of images and details of where the comet is now and when it may be back. But this

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First Light and Beyond Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: January 27, 2017 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

First Light and Beyond by D A Jenkins – Making a success of astronomical observing. ‘First Light and Beyond’ is for the visual observers, it covers all aspects of how to get you equipped and prepared for the observing night ahead. A large section of the book is then given to the constellations and where

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Astro Imaging Projects Book Review

Posted on: January 3, 2017 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Astro Imaging Projects for Amateur Astronomers – A Maker’s Guide by Jim Chung This book is part of The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy range of books from Springer. Astro Imaging Projects for Amateur Astronomers has a large range of astronomy projects that you can undertake. I find that as an amateur astronomer whatever you buy

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Viewing and Imaging the Solar System Book Review

Posted on: September 16, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Viewing and Imaging the Solar System from Jane Clark is an easy to read beginners guide to viewing and imaging the Solar system. It explains in some detail the principles of the telescopes and the in’s and out of star maps, which are best to use in the garden on a cold dark night and

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Lessons from the Masters Book Review

Posted on: August 10, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Lessons from the Masters is an astrophotography book from Springer. Each chapter is written by different well known astrophotographers. It is good to have individual chapters, as it makes it nice to pick up the book and just read one chapter at a time. There really is something for everyone in this book, whether you

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Observer’s Guide to Star Clusters Book Review

Posted on: August 1, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Observer’s Guide to Star Clusters by Mike Inglis This book is part of the Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, and it is a book which is organised by constellation. This is actually a good way to organise a book as it allows you to locate the positions of important star clusters in the 88 constellations

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Lunar Rover Users Manual Book Review

Posted on: July 4, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Haynes Lunar Rover Owners’ Workshop Manual contains a foreword by Apollo 15 Commander David R Scott. This Haynes Lunar Rover users manual covers the Lunar Rover from 1971-1972 and tells the complete story of the lunar vehicle that cost over $38 million to manufacture. It begins with early drawings, all the way to the

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International Space Station Workshop Manual Book Review

Posted on: June 29, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This is another excellent Haynes astronomy manual. Haynes has produced several astronomy titles including the Lunar Module and the Space Shuttle. The author David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programme between 1965 and 1990. His work has put him in good stead to write this ISS book. Don’t worry this

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