A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way

Edward Emerson Barnard’s A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way was originally published in two volumes in 1927. These two volumes contained a great deal of information including photographic plates of the most interesting portions of the milky way, descriptions, charts and data. At the time only 700 copies were ever printed,

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Scientific Astrophotography Book Review

Scientific Astrophotography – How Amateurs Can Generate and Use Professional Imaging Data A chunky book in the Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy series at over 330 pages, as this is a serious subject of contributing to the science of astronomy. The book is split into three main sections. The first section takes you through your equipment

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One Shot Colour Astronomical Imaging Book Review

The book begins describing in detail what a colour CCD is and how it works. The next chapters then go through all the equipment you will need to undertake astronomical imaging. including mounts, telescopes, dew prevention, light boxes. The next chapters go into detail about planning your imaging sessions and getting your equipment setup. There

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3000 Deep Sky Objects – An Annotated Catalogue Book Review

In this book from Springer part of the Patrick Moore series, Ted Aranda has chosen 3000 objects that he viewed over a number of years using his own homemade binocular telescope. The book contains a number of different objects including bright stars, double stars, variable stars, galaxies, globular clusters, nebulae, open clusters and planetary nebulae.

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A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy Book Review

A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy book contains 250 astronomy questions and answers. This is a brilliant book if you want to get to the bare facts about astronomy and learn simply about the main topics you want to know. The book is divided into 10 sections, these are: Stars, The Solar System, The

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Turn Left at Orion 4th Edition Book Review

The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects Book Review

The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects The beginning of the Herschel Objects book gives a brief introduction to the Herschel catalogue and then talks about William Herschel the telescope maker and the various telescopes that he made. The book is broken down into each of the constellations. Within each constellation chapter are the details

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Lessons from the Masters Book

Just received a copy of the ‘Lessons from the Masters’ book by Springer today. I was looking forward to reading this book, and I have just read the Damian Peach chapter about imaging planets and the moon. I shall be reading it cover to cover, as there is a lot of detailed content in the

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Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas Book Review

The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas by Axel Mellinger The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas is a large coffee table sized book which contains double page spreads, one side is a star map and the other side is a matching real image of the night sky. The sky maps show double stars, variable stars, open clusters, galactic

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Astronomy Manual by Haynes Book Review

Astronomy Manual by Haynes – The Practical Guide to the Night Sky This Astronomy Manual by Haynes (yes the people who publish the car manuals) has an introduction by Sir Patrick Moore with the foreword by Dr Brian May. The Astronomy Manual begins with details about everything in our solar system. The images and diagrams

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