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I'm an author now!

Last post by helicon « Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:19 pm
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by avid.astronomer » Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:31 am

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I've been away from the forums for a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. I've spent a lot of time working on a children's picture book....

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Congratulations Tom, I hope it is a success for you and you can retire to the Caribbean with the royalties :D

I see a yacht in Tom's future.

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Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:19 pm
Suggestions for a sky atlas?

Last post by Bigzmey « Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:45 pm
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by turboscrew » Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:14 pm

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I recently got a grab 'n go telescope (Omegon AC 102/660), and I could use a sky atlas for star hopping.
Any suggestions?
Now that both ethernet and...

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The S&T Pocket Sky Atlas seems to be very hard to find around here - jumbo or not.
So I ordered Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas and The Cambridge Star...

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:45 pm
I ran across this old book...

Last post by JayTee « Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:27 pm
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by AstroBee » Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:31 pm

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First a little backstory. This past August we lost my Mom to dementia and that's where this story begins. I was home (Louisiana) for the service and...

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Hi Greg,

Well, since there's astronomy in the book, and you're talking about the book, I put it in with astronomy books.

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:27 pm
4th Edition Backyard Astronomers Guide

Last post by Bino-Handle « Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:48 pm
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by Bino-Handle » Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:44 am

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I contacted Terrence Dickinson a few years ago and asked, well pleaded, to update this tome to amateur astronomy observing and astrophotography of so...

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I contacted Terrence Dickinson a few years ago and asked, well pleaded, to update this tome to amateur astronomy observing and astrophotography of so...

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Fri Oct 29, 2021 3:48 pm
Useful Tomes

Last post by mikemarotta « Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:55 pm
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by mcolbert » Fri May 31, 2019 3:26 am
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In this section would it be possible to have people contribute their favourite or most useful books?

Sections could include but not be limited to;...

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I still like the Skalnate because it's in plastic sleeves. When I was 19, I bought some sheets of tough plastic from a department store and my lovely...
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Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:55 pm
here is a new book for enthusiastic sun lovers .

Last post by Star Dad « Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:34 pm
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by messier 111 » Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:33 pm

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Hi every one .
Some time passed, someone was asking if this book was going to be translated into English.
there it's done .

voila .

ps: I...

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It's on my Christmas wish list. If I don't get it I'll buy it myself. Thanks!

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Thu Oct 14, 2021 6:34 pm
Backyard Astronomer's Guide, 4th ed.

Last post by notFritzArgelander « Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:14 am
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by KathyNS » Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:27 pm

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Alan Dyer and Terry Dickinson have just announced the publication of the fourth edition of the Backyard Astronomer's Guide. It is at the printer...

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The 3rd edition is my favorite coffee table astronomy book. It sits next to a book on DaVinci, an atlas of Ancient Civilizations and Chinese Buddhist...

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Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:14 am
The Great Courses?

Last post by Lady Fraktor « Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:56 pm
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by Thefatkitty » Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:22 am

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Hi all,

My daughter has been at her grandmothers (my wife's mother) place for a few days and came home tonight, loaded up with the usual too much...

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Enjoy the courses Mark :)

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Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:56 pm
Willmann-Bell News

Last post by Piero « Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:04 pm
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by smp » Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:40 pm

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A big announcement today - the AAS has acquired Willmann-Bell:

smp

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It's indeed a great news that these books will be published again.

Hope to get a copy of the ARP atlas of peculiar galaxies soon.

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Last post by Piero
Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:04 pm
A good book about AP, suggestions?

Last post by turboscrew « Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:37 pm
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by turboscrew » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:38 am

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I'd like to learn the basics about AP, and I'd like to find a good book.
Most articles I've seen are about taking wide view photos with a DSLR, lens...

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OK, Amazon link, but pricey,

Think I paid less than $10 when new, inflation.

Steve

Yep, a bit pricey for paperback: 3 Used from $119.05

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Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:37 pm
The Glass Universe - Dava Sobel

Last post by mikemarotta « Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:09 pm
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by AstroBee » Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:04 pm

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I'm about halfway through reading this book (Actually listening to it on Libby.) and I must say it's a very good listen .
The full title is: The...

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It's utterly amazing the way these computers as they were called measure with such accuracy the stars on these large glass plates in the early days...

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Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:09 pm
The Beginning of the Long Dash: A History of Timekeeping in Canada by Malcolm M. Thomson

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by mikemarotta » Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:09 pm

I was accepted to write a biography of Robert Meldrum Stewart, Dominion Astronomer, for the upcoming 3rd edition of Springer's Biographical...

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Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:09 pm
AAS Research Notes

Last post by mikemarotta « Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:41 pm
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by mikemarotta » Fri Jun 18, 2021 8:17 pm

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The American Astronomical Society has a journal that is free for reading. Research Notes consists of short items, mostly on astrophysics,...

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I went to the AAS website, clicked on Publishing and followed the links to see which journals are Open Access.

OPEN ACCESS
Astronomical Journal...

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Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:41 pm
Steven J. Dick: Discovery and Classification in Astronomy

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by mikemarotta » Fri Jun 04, 2021 12:33 am

Thomas Jefferson did not say that it “was easier to believe that two Yankee professors could lie than to admit that stones could fall from heaven.”...

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Fri Jun 04, 2021 12:33 am
Astronomy Textbook: Big, Beautiful and Free

Last post by Ruud « Tue May 18, 2021 3:38 pm
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by Ruud » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:58 pm

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Hi, I found this free Astronomy textbook from OpenStax College / RICE university:

Astronomy, Fraknoi, Morrison and Wolff, OpenStax, 2016...

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On the OpenStax website you'll find more good science books.

The PDFs are kept up to date. Astronomy was last updated Jan, 2021. I'm now...

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Tue May 18, 2021 3:38 pm
"Astronomy Now" or "Sky at Night"?

Last post by pakarinen « Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:16 am
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by pakarinen » Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:46 pm

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Any preferences?

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The April issue of S@N arrived a few days ago. I had received an email awhile back warning that delivery would be slow due to COVID. It’s no big deal...

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Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:16 am
Book review needed...

Last post by mikemarotta « Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:22 pm
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by Harshil » Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:45 am

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Hello friends,

Recently i saw the book on amazon named The Stars (The definitive visual guide to cosmos) before buying i want take your reviews...

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We already have something of a consensus on this.
I'd add that most of their books are geared towards younger audiences.

I worked in a museum...

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Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:22 pm
The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque

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by mikemarotta » Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:14 pm

This book is mislabeled. If observational astronomy is in any danger as a profession it is from overpopulation as researchers line up to use the...

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Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:14 pm
Call for Authors

Last post by mikemarotta « Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:23 pm
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by mikemarotta » Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:43 pm

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CALL FOR AUTHORS

The History of Astronomy Division of the AAS is assembling its 2021 publication calendar for “This Month in the History of...

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I pulled these from old NASA and space calendars.
An AAS member has been circulating a calendar of birthdays. It's a PDF. I do not know a good way to...

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Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:23 pm
Planetary Astronomy - Observing, imaging and studying the planets

Last post by messier 111 « Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:54 pm
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by kt4hx » Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:45 am

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For those of you who are really into planetary observing or simply wish to add another book to your library, you may wish to check out this new book...

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hi ,
just received my copy today, really nice like the french one .

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Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:54 pm
Is it True What They Say?

Last post by MistrBadgr « Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:08 am
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by mikemarotta » Wed Dec 30, 2020 5:43 pm

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Does one find very many amateur astronomers in Slovakia?
(From the Harvard Astrophysics Database -
Soviet Astronomy, Vol. 5, p.284 Pub Date:...

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I received the copy I bought from the Denver Library. It is huge! I have not measured them, but they are around two feet vertically and three feet...

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Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:08 am
Harrington's STAR WARE

Last post by mikemarotta « Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:07 pm
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by mikemarotta » Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:34 pm

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Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories by Philip S. Harrington; John Wiley and Sons,...

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Mine arrived on Christmas Eve. My wife picked up the mail yesterday. I originally borrowed it from the library, renewed it twice, and then decided...

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:07 pm
Binocular Highlights by Gary Seronik, 2nd Ed.

Last post by alder1 « Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:09 am
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by pakarinen » Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:11 pm

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Burned part of a B&N gift card and ordered this online. It arrived yesterday.

I'm not really much of a bino observer, but since I'm in heavy LP and...

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This is the book I started with, so it’s special to me. I saw all the objects listed with a pair of 10x50’s and it was a thrilling night for me when...

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Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:09 am
Willmann-Bell Closed!

Last post by Makuser « Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:03 am
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by kt4hx » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:14 pm

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I have found out that the company Willmann-Bell, source of many great astronomy books to include Uranometria and Annals of the Deep Sky series is...

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Hi Alan. I have several great astronomy books published by Willman-Bell. This is a surprise to me, as I thought they were quite successful in their...

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Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:03 am
Does anyone use the RASC Observer's Guide?

Last post by jrkirkham « Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:49 pm
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by jrkirkham » Fri Oct 09, 2020 1:42 pm

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I have thought about it for years, but never ordered it. This year I ordered the 2021 USA version of the RASC Observer's Guide. I noticed that RASC...

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Thanks everyone, I went ahead and ordered it when I renewed my Astronomical League membership. After looking it over and can see that it is filled...

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Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:49 pm

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