 | NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe by Terence Dickinson
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $14.70 Probably the best "first book" for those interested in starting this hobby. This is an excellent book full of infomation on the heavens and the equipment used to observe.
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 | Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them by Guy Consolmagno
Buy new: $18.47 / Used from: $13.98 Turn Left at Orion is like an anotated star cheat in book form. Each constellation has a few pages of description. The major objects for each constellation are described with notes on what power to use and how to find them.
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 | The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence Dickinson
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $7.27 This book contains a wealth of information about the equipment used in astronomy including telescopes, cameras, film, lenses, filters, and other items. Though cost may deter small-to-medium-sized libraries, there is much information here for the experienced amateur, and some useful information for the beginner as well.
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 | Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes by Ernest H. Cherrington Jr.
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $4.08 This is a great book about exploring the Moon through binoculars.
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 | Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara
Buy new: $33.75 / Used from: $21.11 Charles Messier was one of the best comet hunters in history. He was frustrated by fuzzy objects that turned out not to be comets. The list of non comets he kept and published turned out to be his ticket to immortality. The fuzzy objects turned out to be star clusters, nemulae, and galaxies. I find myself referring to this book a a reference time and time again.
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 | The New Solar System by Andrew L. Chaikin
Buy used from: $8.40 This book is often used as a college text book. It is more of a science book than an observers book. I call this my "cloudy nights" or "armchair astronomy" book. It provides so much information on our solar system that I will probably read it several times
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 | The Stars: A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey
Buy used from: $0.36 From the writer of Curious George you would be surprised at how useful this ook is to the beginning astronomer.
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 | Find the Constellations by H. A. Rey
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $0.39 Also from the author of Curious George.
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