References
Any self respecting amateur astronomer has a list of his favorite references. Here are a few of mine. As time allows, I'll complete the citations and add a few others as well...
Title |
Comments |
Publisher |
| A Brief History of Time | ||
| A View of the Universe | ||
| All About Telescopes | ||
| Amateur Astronomer's Catalog, Vol. I | ||
| An Emission-Line Survey of the Milky Way, NASA SP-434 | ||
| Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes | ||
| Atlas Galaktischer Nebel - Volumes I, II and III | ||
| Atlas of Deep Sky Spendors | ||
| Atlas of the Andromeda Galaxy | ||
| Atlas of the Moon | ||
| Binocular Astronomy | ||
| Build Your Own Telescope | ||
| Burnam's Celestial Handbook | ||
| Catalogue of the Universe | ||
| Cosmic Clouds | ||
| Deep Sky Magazine, Volumes 1-37 | ||
| Everybody's Comet | ||
| How to Make a Telescope | ||
| Making Your Own Telescope | ||
| Nightwatch | ||
| Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects | ||
| Observing the Constellations | ||
| Planetary Nebulae | ||
| Sky Atlas 2000.0 | ||
| Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Vol. 2 | ||
| Skywatching | ||
| Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes | ||
| Star Ware, Volumes I & II | ||
| Star-Hopping | ||
| Stars | ||
| Stars and Galaxies | ||
| Strasbourg-ESO Catalouge of Galactic Planetary Nebulae - Parts I and II. - Acker, Marcout, Ochsenbein, Bjorn, and Romuald. (1992) | Interested in planetary nebulae? If so, this one volume is worth the time and effort necessary to import it from Germany. There is an automated data version available on-line, but it is not nearly the same thing. | Published
by the European Southern Observatory. Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-W Garching bei Munchen,
Germany. Expect to pay about $100 depending upon the current U. S. Dollar ($) - German Deutschmark (DM) exchange rate. |
| The Backyard Astronomer | ||
| The Case for Mars | ||
| The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000.0 | ||
| The Dobsonian Telescope | ||
| The Light Hearted Astronomer | ||
| The Messier Album | ||
| The Observer's Guide to Astronomy | ||
| The Quest for Comets | ||
| The Secret Language of Stars and Planets | ||
| The Universe Next Door | ||
| The Webb Society's Deep-Sky Handbooks, Volumes 1-8 | ||
| Through Rugged Ways to the Stars | ||
| Uranometria 2000.0 | ||
| Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky |
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