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| Authors: Terence Dickinson, Alan Dyer
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 23982
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Enlarged 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1554073448
Dewey Decimal Number: 522
EAN: 9781554073443
ASIN: 1554073448
Publication Date: September 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
The modern classic, completely updated. The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers. Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer provide expert guidance on the right types of telescopes and other equipment; photographing the stars through a telescope; and star charts, software and other references. They cover daytime and twilight observing, planetary and deep-sky observing, and much more. With over 500 color photographs and illustrations, The Backyard Astronomer's Guide is one of the most valuable, beautiful and user-friendly astronomy books ever produced. New and updated for this edition: - A 20-page full-color Atlas of the Milky Way provides location and context for hundreds of celestial objects mentioned throughout the book.
- A chapter on Astrophotography with Digital Cameras specifies what equipment works best and how to use it to collect a color gallery of celestial portraits.
- Telescopes for Recreational Astronomy features assessments of a wide range of new telescopes, from models for beginners to those for veteran astronomy enthusiasts, with special emphasis on computerized telescopes and how they work.
- Accessory Catalog spotlights the best of the accessories and flags the frivolous and irrelevant.
- Three practical appendices: Polar Aligning Your Telescope; Optics Cleaning and Collimation; Testing Your Telescope Optics.
Any serious home astronomer must have this superb guide as an ongoing reference. (20030104)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 49 more reviews...
 Stop Looking - This IS the best broad-coverage introductory book on telescopes September 12, 2008
When I become interested in a topic, I typically go looking first for a good introductory book. I'm fussy, though. I want one that is broad but not shallow, as timeless as possible without ignoring major technology and trends, well-written, and good quality from a publishing perspective. This book meets my needs on all. Astronomy, like many activities with an enthusiast audience, is flush with books that are all but worthless - compendiums of articles, volumes thrown together based on the whims and news of the moment, etc. By contrast, this is a nicely balanced book that covers virtually all major topics of interest related to telescopes and basic observing for a new amateur astronomer. Having looked through more intro books than I care to admit, I believe this is the best out there, and it's a good one. Informative and enjoyable reading.
Excellent for Sorting thru What Can Be Bewildering at 1st June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are new to astronomy, THIS is THE book. I have read it and re-read on a regular basis as questions arise. It is comprehensive and covers every main topic of concern and interest to amatuer astronomers from what telescope would be right for you to how to use it and what to look at. An indispensable reference.
Excellent Reference April 3, 2008
Although the material is a few years old, it is still one of the best guides for the novice. I highly recommend it.
A great resource! March 10, 2008
When my husband recently got his first telescope I checked out several books from the library including an older copy of this book. It was definitely the most helpful of the bunch. Then we went to a telescope store to look at accessories and the owner recommended this book. He carried it there but at full retail price so I ordered it from Amazon. It's a great resource for learning what's in the sky as well as how to effectively use a scope and the different eyepieces. The text and pics are imformative yet easy to follow.
Incredibly helpful September 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't overstate how useful this book is. It covers naked-eye stargazing, binoculars, the history of amateur astronomy, telescope designs, eyepieces, accessories, setting up your new scope, the sun, moon, planets, stars, deep-sky objects, astrophotography, and just about anything else an amateur astronomer might want to know about. The reviews of telescope and eyepiece brands and models are particularly useful. I love browsing through telescope catalogs, but I also want expert advice on what brands and models are worth seeking out and which to avoid. This book delivers. The full color photographs throughout are a nice touch. The heavy paper and solid binding ensure that the book will last forever, which is good, because you'll be using it a lot.
I wish _every_ hobby had an intro book this useful.
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