Category : Astronomy Books

Haynes Space Shuttle Manual Book Review

Posted on: February 21, 2013 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This is the first astronomy/space based Haynes manual I have seen, and I am pleasantly surprised. I really didn’t know what to expect, I probably thought it was just going to be engineering drawings with lots of information on how to service and build your own space shuttle, a bit like the Haynes car manuals.

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Photoshop Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: May 1, 2012 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Photoshop can be a hard program to get used to when it comes to preparing your astronomy images. Plus there are so many shortcuts and ‘black box’ type actions that imagers must use to make the kind of ‘woweee’ type images. But where do you learn all the tips and tricks, there certainly are not

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Cambridge Star Atlas

Posted on: January 6, 2012 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

If you are looking for an easy to use star atlas then this is the only one you will need. It is so clearly laid out and easy to use it’s incredible. I can’t rate it highly enough. Some people may prefer laminated pages, so they can be wiped clean, these are not. But this

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Cosmic Challenge Book Review

Posted on: August 31, 2011 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Cosmic Challenge contains nearly 500 pages and lists over 500 star targets for you to find. The book is aimed at both beginners and advanced astronomers alike, as the book contains a mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets to hunt for. The first 25 pages of the book tell us about our own eyes

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Patrick Moore Data Book of Astronomy Book Review

Posted on: August 1, 2011 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

This is a very heavy and solid book which includes an enormous amount of detail within its 575 pages. This is the latest edition of Patrick Moore’s book and it’s the first time I have seen an astronomical  book of this type containing so much data. The data collected in this book is very much

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Hidden Treasures Book Review

Posted on: February 19, 2011 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Hidden Treasures is a big, heavy, nearly 600 page book which includes an original selection of 109 deep-sky objects. None of the objects are included in either the Messier or Caldwell catalogues. Together with this all the objects are supposed to be visible with a 4” telescope under dark skies. The Hidden Treasures book is

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Wonders of the Solar System Book

Posted on: December 8, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Alongside the Wonders of the Solar System DVD is the Wonders of the Solar System book. The book accompanies the excellent DVD and TV series from the BBC. The book is split into chapters which relate to the episodes of the series. The great thing about The Wonders of the Solar System book is the

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Observing The Moon Book Review

Posted on: August 18, 2010 /
Categories: Astronomy Books

Observing the Moon is a hardback book from Cambridge University Press by Gerald North. This is the second edition of the book. When I started reading the book I was thinking that it was going to be a boring book just about the moon, but how wrong I actually was. It does contain a lot

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Stargazing Basics Book Review

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

Stargazing Basics is a book for the beginner, it mainly covers what to look for when purchasing basic astronomy equipment including binoculars or your first telescope. Stargazing Basics is divided into two main sections, the first describes the different types of telescopes you can buy and what to look for when purchasing binoculars. Every type

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