Category : Astronomy Books

Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas Book Review

Posted on: June 15, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas covers 69 regions of the lunar landscape in large format images with corresponding charts. The book itself contains 388 high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface. The Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas is not just an atlas though, the book begins with a great data section on the moon and the introduction

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Apollo 11 Owners Manual Book Review

Posted on: June 15, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Haynes Apollo 11 Owners Manual is an intriguing book and one of the first Haynes books to move away from the automotive sector. Don’t expect pages and pages of cross sectional diagrams of the Apollo 11 module and Saturn V rocket. There is much more to this book than that. The first thing that

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Building and Using Binoscopes Book Review

Posted on: April 25, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This is a book review of Building and using Binoscopes by Norman Butler. If you love observing the heavens and have ever tried using a binoviewer then you will know how building a binoscope would be the next logical step. Binoviewers are binocular type contraptions that fit into your telescope viewer and provide you with

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Patrick Moore Observers Year Book Review

Posted on: January 19, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe The original text of this book 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 book contains data from 2015 to 2020. There is a page for every day of

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Solar Sketching Book Review

Posted on: January 6, 2016 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Solar Sketching is a comprehensive introduction into recording the Sun features by sketching. The introduction gives a detailed description into the basic equipment required including Filters, types of Telescopes and Mounts along with essential tips to help with equipment and techniques including the use of TiltingSun a free program to create templates from. Determining the

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NASA Mars Rover Book by Haynes Book Review

Posted on: October 19, 2015 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

NASA Mars Rovers by Haynes – Owner’s Workshop Manual 1997-2013 (Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity) This is one of Haynes’ astronomy owner’s workshop manual books. I have reviewed a few of these already including the Space Shuttle and the Lunar Rover books. Please note this book won’t take you through how to repair the Mars

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Budget Astrophotography Book Review

Posted on: April 23, 2015 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Budget Astrophotography is an introduction into Imaging with a Webcam or DSLR for amateur astronomers. The books start with the anatomy of the DSLR camera sensor explaining various aspects of Pixel size, chip size, and Chip sensitivity and various other features in easy to understand terms. The next chapter deals with the Telescope types Refractors,

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Astrophotography on the Go Book Review

Posted on: February 11, 2015 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Astrophotography on the Go by Joseph Ashley ‘Astrophotography on the Go’ from Springer is part of the Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy series and the subtitle for it is ‘Using Short Exposures with Light Mounts’. Most people who travel to do their astrophotography won’t take their usual hi-end home imaging equipment with them, but will usually

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Choosing and Using Astronomical Filters Book Review

Posted on: January 14, 2015 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Choosing and using astronomical filters book Every astronomer uses filters, whether you are an imager or an observer. At last there is now a book that covers all the different types of filters that you can use at night or during the day. The book covers light pollution filters, planetary filters, solar filters, ND filters

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Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects Book Review

Posted on: January 14, 2015 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky objects – Astrophysical information for 550 galaxies, clusters and nebulae. 2nd edition. This information book covers 520 northern hemisphere objects and 30 southern hemisphere objects. So the book covers the most common objects. This is the 2nd edition of the book, and this time the book contains images of the Messier

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