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A Hundred Night Sky Objects to see in a
small telescope. A super starter book for backyard observing |
 Deep Sky Companion Jess Gilmor **** |
An astroimagers' book. Attractive, detailed information of galaxies, nebulae, clusters from every constellation with an image of each target. |
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 Astrophotography for the Amateur Michael Covington *** |
A guide to taking pictures of solar and
deep sky. Focus on film but 2nd Edition covers CCD and computer imaging. |
 Star Ware Philip Harrington **** |
An amateur astronomer's guide to choosing,
buying and using telescopes and accessories. A veritable mine of information on all the toys in the astronomy shops. |
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 Atlas of the Universe Patrick Moore ***** |
An introduction to astronomy. Maps of the constellations and planets. Should be an early purchase for an amateur astronomer. |
 Stars and Planets Jay Pasachoff *** |
A field guide of nearly 600 pages packed
with coloured star charts, multiple data tables and descriptions of
astronomical events. For beginners and the more advanced. |
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 NightWatch Terence Dickinson ***** |
A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe. A spiral bound book which you will take out with you on your observing sessions. |
 The Particle Odyssey Close, Marten & Sutton ***** |
A journey to the Heart of Matter. A guide to modern physics and cosmology and the particles that make up the universe. What stuff is made of and how it shapes our world. |
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 The Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing Richard Berry and James Burnell + AIP4WIN software ****** |
An advanced book about imaging and manipulating images. Covers some maths of image manipulation and photometric analysis. Buy this book after you have tried imaging for a year. Comes with software: AIP4Win which is very good. From: www.willbell.com |
The New CCD Astronomy |
The definitive book for
capturing and processing star images. Well illustrated with clear
instructions and lots of examples. Online version also available in pdf format. From: www.newastro.com |
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Practical Amateur
Spectroscopy |
This book is the one to get you started in
spectroscopy! Stephen Tonkin has collected chapters from experts in the field. Recommended as the first book for beginners. |
STARS and their Spectra |
A comprehensive review of the history and
science of stellar astronomy. The OBAFGKM sequence explained in detail with many diagrams and examples. Not your first book on the subject but the reference book once you need more depth. |
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The Messier Objects |
One of O'Meara's Deep-Sky
Companions Series. An attractive, expensive but desirable reference for the Messier collector. Descriptions, images, drawings, history and charts for each Messier object. |
The Calwell Objects |
One of O'Meara's Deep-Sky Companions Series. |
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Gravity from the ground up |
An introductory guide to
Gravity and General Relativity. Immediately I opened this book and scanned a few pages I had to buy it. It is an attractive book with good layout, many illustrations and examples. From Galileo, through Newton to Einstein and beyond. A book to really savour. |
Hidden Treasures |
The third book in O'Meara's
Deep-Sky Companion Series. A new Deep-Sky guide to 109 objects that is bound to compete with other collections. The detailed and informative narrative for each object makes you add it to your viewing plan for the next clear night. |
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