Category : Astronomy Books

Observing the Universe Book Review

Posted on: June 7, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Observing the Universe, A Guide to Observational Astronomy and Planetary Science is a full colour astronomy book which has been compiled by a team of experts from The Open University. The book has been designed for students who are undertaking observational work in astronomy and planetary science, but is suitable for amateur astronomers. The book

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The Handbook of CCD Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: April 27, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Handbook of CCD Astronomy sounds a perfect title for an amateur to learn everything about how to use my Meade CCD camera with my telescope. Thing is, this is no book for the amateur astronomer, but really for the research astronomers, academics and professionals. The book begins by telling you everything about CCDs including

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Practical Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: March 9, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Practical Astronomy is a straight forward guide to the hobby of astronomy. If you are a beginner to astronomy then this is a perfect book to pick up and read. The book begins by introducing you to astronomy and teaching you the night’s sky and how to guide yourself about.  There is also a chapter

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Stargazing with Binoculars Book Review

Posted on: January 21, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Stargazing with Binoculars with Robin Scagell and David Frydman Stargazing with Binoculars is the latest book from Philip’s (as of Spring 2008). Using binoculars is a great way to begin your astronomy hobby before you go out and spend money on a telescope, especially now that you can buy some powerful binoculars for little money.

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The Brightest Stars Book Review

Posted on: November 13, 2009 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

 The Brightest Stars book is all about twenty-one of the brightest stars visible from Earth. The Brightest Stars instructs you how to find the stars and the best way to see them. Each section about each star contains information about the history of the star and legends that are connected with each star. There are

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Turn Left at Orion Book Review

Posted on: March 20, 2009 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Turn Left at Orion has become a very famous book, one which has had lots of positive reviews on book sites such as Amazon and other astronomy web sites, so it was good to get hold of a copy to see what this book is all about. Turn Left at Orion is really about how

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How To Use a Computerised Telescope Book Review

Posted on: December 10, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

How to Use a Computerised Telescope introduces topics which are common to all computerised telescopes, but the book mainly covers the Meade ETX, LX200 and Celestron Nexstar ranges. How to Use a Computerised Telescope begins by telling you about how the sky moves and how computerised telescopes track the stars in altazimuth and equatorial modes.

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Digital Astrophotography Book Review

Posted on: September 3, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Digital Astrophotography is a very clear, up to date and concise book on how to accomplish digital astrophotography.  The book details four main ways to take images, either via a digital compact camera, a webcam, with an SLR/DSLR or via a CCD camera. It was refreshing to read a book which was up to date

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Philip’s Deep Sky Observer’s Guide Review

Posted on: July 15, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Deep Sky Observer’s Guide is an astronomy pocket book by Philip’s covering all of the major deep sky targets. The book begins with an introduction to the astronomy area of deep sky objects, and an introduction to the basics of sky watching and the sorts of equipment that can be used, including binoculars and various

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Sun Observer’s Guide Book Review

Posted on: June 5, 2008 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

The Philip’s Sun Observer’s Guide is written by Pam Spence and is one of Philip’s pocket type astronomy books. This is the first solar book I have read, I am interested in solar observation as I it allows me to use my telescope in the day as well as just at night.  The book first

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