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| Book: | Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders | |
| Subject: | A great book for beginning and intermediate astronomers! | |
| Date: | 2008-02-07 12:04:39 | |
| From: | Tim Nicholson | |
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If you are serious about amateur astronomy then you should get this book!Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders is much more than just lists of objects to observe. It is a wonderful companion at the telescope. With it's clear finderscope and telescope FOV charts it makes it easy to find every one of the 500+ objects it covers. And serious beginners will find the layout of the book with it's first two sections devoted to describing the lists that were used to populate the book and observing techniques and equipment invaluable to getting the right equipment and setting it up properly to use. One of the goals that Robert and Barbera had in mind with this book was that after having completed finding and observing many of the objects listed the reader would be well on the way to earning several of the Astronomical League and RASC certificates from wich the objects included were gleaned. I heartily recommend this book! I even found it good reading on those nights when getting out was not an option. Having the latter part of the book divided into constellations, each broken down with it's own list of objects makes for easy planning for what to look for on any given night. If I could ony have one book or chart with me at the telescope this would be it. |
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