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Books
Title:� � ����������� Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Author:� ����������� Robert
Burnham Jr.
Quantity:����������� 1 set
Description: � Robert
Burnham's classic work could rightfully be called the Bible of American amateur
astronomers (in Europe, the Webb Society handbooks probably earn that title).
Volume 1 begins with an overview of various aspects of observational astronomy,
focusing on the various cataloging and classification systems used to describe
stars, nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. The remainder of the three volumes
consist of chapters for each constellation. Each chapter begins with a table
that give a rundown of all objects of interest in that constellation. What
follows are detailed descriptions of all notable objects in the constellation.
Burnham did not confine himself to scientific facts - religion, archaeology,
literature, and art all find their way into the text. Time has had a toll on
the accuracy of the scientific facts that Burnham gives - many distances are
wrong, and the discussions of some objects, particularly remote or highly
energetic ones, are seriously outdated. Still, these three books form the
backbone of my astronomy library, and have grown battered with heavy use. They
make for fascinating reading both beside the telescope and in the living room. Three volume set.
Title:� � ����������� Exploring the Night Sky with
Binoculars - 1st edition
Author:� ����������� Patrick
Moore
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � A guide for the
beginner to exploring the night sky with binoculars, teaching how to explore
the stars, the constellations, the seasonal changes in the night sky, meteors,
comets, and other astronomical phenomena. Provides star charts and descriptions
of every constellation described as it appears through binoculars.
Title: �� ������������ Exploring the Night Sky with
Binoculars - 3rd edition
Author:� ����������� Patrick
Moore
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � A guide for the
beginner to exploring the night sky with binoculars, teaching how to explore
the stars, the constellations, the seasonal changes in the night sky, meteors,
comets, and other astronomical phenomena. Provides star charts and descriptions
of every constellation described as it appears through binoculars.
Title:� � ����������� The Modern Amateur Astronomer (Practical
Astronomy)
Author:� ����������� Patrick
Moore
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� Basic Amateur Astronomy circa 1990
Title:� � ����������� Sky Catalogue 2000 V1
Author:� ����������� Alan
Hirshfeld
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� This compendium summarizes the
astronomical data for all stars brighter than 8.0.�
����������� ����������� Has
every available fact imaginable! - 2 volumes
Title:� � ����������� Touring the Universe through
Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guide
Author:� ����������� Philip
Harrington
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � This
comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing
more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently
available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on
to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the
sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore
celestial bodies including stars that are known and many sights less familiar.
The final chapter includes a detailed atlas of deep-sky objects visible through
binoculars. The appendices include guidance on how to buy, care for and
maintain astronomical binoculars, tips and hints on using them, and detailed
information on several homemade binocular mounts.
Title:� � ����������� 3D Star Maps
Author:� ����������� Richard
Monkhouse
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� 33 maps in red/green 3D.
Title:� � ����������� Space Images
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� Photos of planets after voyager
missions, circa 1892
Title:� � ����������� 365 Starry Nights: An Introduction
to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year
Author:� ����������� Chet
Raymo
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � 365 Starry
Nights is a unique and fascinating introduction to astronomy designed to give
you a complete, clear picture of the sky every night of the year. Divided into
365 concise, illustrated essays, it focuses on the aesthetic as well as the
scientific aspects of stargazing. It offers the most up-to-date information
available, with hundreds of charts, drawings, and maps-that take you beyond the
visible canopy of stars and constellations into the unseen realm of nebulae and
galaxies.
Title:� � ����������� The Observing Guide to the Messier
Marathon: A Handbook and Atlas
Author:� ����������� Don
Machholz
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � The Messier
Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star clusters and nebulae,
and includes many of the brightest and best-known objects in the sky. Amateur
astronomers who find all the objects on the list in one night have successfully
completed the Messier Marathon. The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon
contains over 90 easy-to-use star maps to guide the observer from one object to
the next, and provides tips for a successful night of observing. Don Machholz
also tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier, and
how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. His complete guide to the
Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the Messier
Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a pair of
binoculars.
Title:� � ����������� Turn Left At Orion
Author:� ����������� Guy
Consolmagno
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � A superb
guidebook described in Bookwatch as 'the home astronomer's "bible"',
Turn Left at Orion provides all the information beginning amateur astronomers
need to observe the Moon, the planets and a whole host of celestial objects.
Large format diagrams show these objects exactly as they appear in a small
telescope and for each object there is information on the current state of our
astronomical knowledge. Revised and updated, this new edition contains a
chapter with ten new spreads describing spectacular deep sky objects visible
from the southern hemisphere, and tips on observing the upcoming transits of
Venus. It also discusses Dobsonian telescopes, with hints on using personal
computers and the Internet as aids for planning an observing session. Also new
to this edition are redrawn "Guidepost" figures at the beginning of
each season chapter that allow readers to visualize a three-dimensional view of
the sky's dome; redesigned seasonal object layouts that provide more space for
the naked-eye charts; a new spread on double stars near Bo�tes has been added
to Spring, replacing the "Shrinking Double" spread; and a unique
"When and Where to Look" table has been added to the last page, among
other new features. Unlike many guides to the night sky, this book is specifically
written for observers using small telescopes. Clear and easy to use, this
fascinating book will appeal to skywatchers of all ages and backgrounds. No
previous knowledge of astronomy is needed.
Title:� � ����������� 3D Galaxy
Author:� ����������� Unknown
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� A book of stereograms
Title:� � ����������� Your Guide To the Sky
Author:� ����������� Rick
Shaffer
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � If you're
new to backyard astronomy and are seeking a guide, here's the ticket. This
covers all the bases, from the moon, sun, planets, and constellations to the
locations of deep-sky objects, from lunar and solar observations to how to pick
and set up the appropriate telescope (good information from a man who has
designed award-winning telescopes). Shaffer starts at the beginning with the
basic layout of the night sky and continues into greater detail without getting
overly technical or confusing the neophyte. Every topic is presented in a
friendly and engaging manner, with touches of dry humor, that eases the
unfamiliar into the techniques of backyard astronomy without overwhelming them.
Along the way he adds details about general scientific concepts as needed (such
as explaining photons and spectrums) and includes sky maps, charts, graphs and
other things to help guide the reader.�
An altogether excellent guide
Title:� � ����������� Origins
Author:� ����������� John
Gibbin
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� Photo documentary of the
universe.� Numerous Hubble and large
aperture telescope photos.
Title:� � ����������� Voyage through the Universe - Stars
Author:� ����������� Time
Life Series
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � An easy to
read and understand book about the life of a star.� Lots of good diagrams and pictures.� Some physics.
Title:� � ����������� Voyage through the Universe � The
Far Planets
Author:� ����������� Time
Life Series
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� Circa 1989
Title:� � ����������� The Universe in a Nutshell
Author:� ����������� Stephen
Hawking
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Writing in a
lighthearted, personal, often humorous style and with colorful and entertaining
graphics on every page, Hawking succeeds in communicating his love and enthusiasm
for science. Without seeming to condescend, he makes a valiant attempt to
clarify many fascinating and elusive topics such as relativity and time;
multiple universes and dimensions; black holes and dark matter; prediction of
the future; and the possibility of time travel. Those usually daunted by
scientific texts might enjoy puzzling over the graphics; many of them, together
with excellent captions, fully restate the content of the text in an
alternative (and, for some, more understandable) manner. Also, Hawking enriches
readers' vocabularies with many of the sometimes-playful words, phrases, and
acronyms essential to an acquaintance with modern physics-supergravity and
supersymmetry, "p-branes" and proto-galaxies, MACHOS and WIMPS.
NEW ADDITIONS
Title:� � ����������� Star Gazing with Telescope and
Camera
Author:� ����������� George
Keene
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Covers the
basics of grinding a mirror, building a reflecting telescope and then taking
pictures with it.� Has the math and
diagrams to support your tasks.� (1967)
Title:� � ����������� Everybody's Comet:� A Layman's Guide to Hale-Bopp
Author:� ����������� Alan
Hale
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Written before
Hale-Bopp arrival.� Good general history
and comet information.
Title:� � ����������� More Small Astronomical
Observatories
Author:� ����������� Patrick
Moore
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Details the
methods and techniques employed by non-professional astronomers from all over
the world, providing a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to build a small
observatory of almost any kind. Soft cover. CD-ROM included.
Title:� � ����������� Failure Is Not an Option
Author:� ����������� Gene
Kranz
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Gene Kranz was
a flight director for most of the U.S. manned space program, and was on duty
for some of the most critical events - including the first moon landing, and,
of course the Apollo 13 accident.� In
"Failure Is Not an Option," Kranz tells the story of Mission Control
from the beginning (he wrote some of the initial procedures manuals) through
the Space Shuttle program. He shows how the ground controllers developed into a
team, not only with each other, but with the astronauts on board the
spacecraft.� Kranz may not be the most
polished writer, but this is a first-person account from someone who helped
make history. One of the things I really liked about the book is that Kranz not
only took detailed notes during the missions (that was his first flight
assignment), but he held on to them and used them to provide a more detailed
account than I have seen before of the key missions from the perspective of
Mission Control. He doesn't pull punches, and he's not afraid to admit
mistakes, and this gives this book an air of honesty that you don't always find
in an autobiography.
Amateur Astronomers of
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Videos�����
Title:� �� At the Summit
Author:� ����������� Bob Miller
Description:� ����������� A presentation about his days at
Mauna Kea
Title:� �� ����������� Time
of Apollo
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����� Chronicles
the Apollo space era in America, a goal which President John F. Kennedy
established in 1961, to put man on the moon.
Title:� �� ����������� Houston,
We�ve Got a Problem
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� A
video chronicle of the Apollo 13 saga.
Title:� �� ����������� Mission
of Apollo-Soyuz
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� A
video chronicle of the Apollo-Soyuz mission.
Title:� �� ����������� On
the Shoulders of Giants
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����� You
have just come aboard the Apollo 17 journey to Taurus-Littrow, the final lunar
landing mission in the Apollo Program. You will witness the highlights of the
mission and how it will relate to Skylab, The Apollo/Soyuz linkup and the Space
Shuttle.
Title:� �� ����������� Nothing
So Hidden
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description:����������� Different
clips of the moon missions focusing on Apollo 16.
Title:� �� ����������� New
Look at the Old Moon
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����� After a brief summary of the Apollo missions and
laboratory investigative techniques, the film treats the major epochs in lunar
history uncovered by the Apollo investigations. Finally, the study of the Moon
is depicted as having a practical role in the future of science and technology,
as well as serving as the pattern for the future exploration of space.
Title:� �� ����������� Moon
Old and New
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� This
video reviews lunar soil samples and the clues they provide.
Title:� �� ����������� In
the Mountains of the Moon
Author:� ����������� NASA
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: ����������� Different
clips of the moon missions focusing on Apollo 15.
Amateur Astronomers of
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CD's
Title:� � ����������� Apollo 14:� Mission to Fra Mauor
Author:� ����������� NASA
Description:� ����������� NASA
video clips from Apollo 14.� Can play on
Windows media player
Quantity:����������� 2
Title:� � ����������� The Ultimate CCD Collection
Author:� ����������� Jack
Newton & Don Parker
Description:� ����������� Astrophotographs
of Planets, M's and NGC's copyrighted for private viewing only.
����������� ����������� Copyrighted� - For private viewing only.
Quantity:����������� 2
Title:� � ����������� Messier Marathon Training Tool
Author:� ����������� Jim
Herron (AAoJ Member)
Description:� ����������� Starry
Night Pro renderings of all Messier Objects.�
Listed in Penningtons� search order.
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� USNO A2 Catalog
Author:� ����������� USNO
Description:� ����������� 13
CD's, all stars down to 21 magnitude (526 million)
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Hubble Guide Star Catalog (GSC)
Version
Author:� ����������� HIPPARCOS/TYCHO
consortia
Description:� 19,000,000 stars, The HST GSC contains nearly
19 million objects brighter than sixteenth magnitude of which more than 15
million are classified as stars
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� USNO-SA 2.0 Astrometric Reference
Catalog
Author:� ����������� USNO
Description:� The U.S. Naval Observatory SA2.0 is a catalog
of 55 million sources intended to provide a grid of astrometric reference
objects over the whole sky.� Mag. 16 -
19
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� "Cartes du Ciel (Sky Charts),
Ver 2.5"
Author:� ����������� Freeware
Description:� ����������� Excellent
desktop planetarium package.�
Quantity:����������� 3
Title:� � ����������� Virtual Moon Atlas (Ver. 1.6)
Author:� ����������� Freeware
Description:� ����������� Moon
Atlas
Quantity:����������� 2
Title:� � ����������� Our Solar System and Beyond
Author:� ����������� Freeware
Description:� ����������� Older
NASA Photos
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Telescope Workshop 101
Author:� ����������� AAoJ
Description:� ����������� All
the files from Telescope Workshop 101 at MI Space & Science Center, Jan
2003
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Mixed Astro Stuff
Author:� ����������� Freeware
Description:� ����������� Contains
copies of the following:
Virtual
Moon Atlas, Cartes du Ciel, Messier Log Text, Skyview, Astrostack2, k3CCD
Tools, Complete NGC List, Carbon Star List, Deep Sky 4, Sky Map Pro 5 (eval
copy
Quantity:����������� 2
Title:� � ����������� SOAR Video
Author:� ����������� Dr.
Timothy Beers
Description:� ����������� Presentation
given to AAoJ about MSU's SOAR Telescope, Nov. 2002
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� At The Summit
Author:� ����������� Bob
Miller
Description:� ����������� A
presentation about his days at Mauna Kea
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Lake Hudson Dark Sky Preserve
Author:� ����������� Wes
Boyd & Jim Whitehouse
Description:� ����������� Presentation
to AAoJ about the inception of LHDSP, Feb 2001.
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Deep Sky 2000
Author:� ����������� unknown
Description:� ����������� Desktop
planetarium program (eval copy)�
Quantity:����������� 1
Title:� � ����������� Clear Skies
Author:� ����������� Swinburne
Astronomy Online
Description:� ����������� An
intro to the night sky for Australia
Quantity:����������� 1
NEW ADDITIONS
Title:� � ����������� Deep-Sky Planner 2.0
Author:� ����������� Phyllis
Lang
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � Observation
Planning Software for amateur astronomers
Title:� � ����������� Venus Explorer
Author:� ����������� John
Hinkley
Quantity:����������� 1
Description: � An MS-DOS
program about Venus with NASA pictures.
Title:� � ����������� Mars Rover
Author:� ����������� Romtech
Quantity:����������� 2 (Northern Hemisphere and Southern
Hemisphere)
Description: � A �Fly Over�
perspective of the Martian surface using data from orbital satellite
information up to 1996.