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Astronomical Observatories & Planetariums of the World
A Map showing the location of contemporary observatory sites and planetarium sites throughout the world
This handy folding map of the world shows the locations of contemporary Observatories and Planetariums of the world. On one side of the sheet is a world map showing the observatory and planetarium locations along with a number corresponding to a list on the reverse side of ...Click HERE for more.
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Astronomy
Highly Visual, Simple Explanations, and Great for Youngsters
On a clear night, you can see thousands of stars in the sky. But they are just a tiny part of what’s out in space. In this book, you’ll discover some of the amazing things that are out there, many of which you can see with just a pair of binoculars or a small teles...Click HERE for more.
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Astronomy - A Self-Teaching Guide
Discover the Wonders of the Night Sky with the Bestselling Astronomy Guide
For a generation, Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide to the night sky. Now this classic beginner's guide has been completely revised to bring it up to date with the latest discoveries and graphics. Features over 80 new...Click HERE for more.
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Astronomy - A Visual Guide
A Comprehensive Guide to Observing and Understanding the Night Sky
Astronomy provides a survey of science's growing understanding of space, including facts on space research and space probes. Packed with stunning images and diagrams, the book features: A wide variety of heavenly phenomena, including distant stars, the planets of the solar ...Click HERE for more.
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Atlas of the Universe
The Most Comprehensive Atlas of the Galaxy
Inside this remarkable guide to outer space, you'll find everything from detailed planetary topography to the most current facts and figures about our amazing Universe. In addition to extensive maps of outer space, this atlas also includes constellation charts; diagrams and...Click HERE for more.
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Backyard Astronomer's Guide
The Amateur Astronomer's Essential Reference
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 a...Click HERE for more.
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Binocular Highlights
99 Celestial Sights for Binocular Users by Sky and Telescope
Exploring the wonders of the cosmos doesn't require expensive and complicated equipment - the moons of Jupiter, breathtaking nebulae, and distant galaxies are all visible through binoculars. Binocular Highlights is a tour of 99 different celestial sights - from softly glowi...Click HERE for more.
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Book of Astronomy & Space
Fascinating Facts and Beautiful Illustrations for anyone curious about space and astronomy
The Usborne Internet-linked Book of Astronomy & Space gives you a breathtaking surface-eye view of the planets. See stars exploding, black holes forming, and zoom through the solar system with comets and asteroids. Navigate the night sky using clear, detailed maps. This ...Click HERE for more.
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Brightest Stars
Discovering the Universe Through the Sky's Most Brilliant Stars
The stars have captivated artists, romantics, sages, and scientists for centuries, inspiring countless civilizations as symbols of humanity's highest aspirations. The very word astronomy means "ordering of the stars," and studying these stunning pieces of fire is a...Click HERE for more.
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Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory
A Complete Guide for Design and Construction
Almost every practical astronomer who takes the pursuit to its second level aspires to a fixed, permanent housing for his telescope, permitting its rapid and comfortable use and avoiding hours of setting-up time for each observing session. A roll-off roof observatory is the ...Click HERE for more.
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Buyer's & User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars
Detailed, Up-to-Date Information on Sources, Selection and Use of Every Major Type, Brand and Model of Astronomical Instruments
Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky & Telescope) will find this book invaluable and fascinating. Amateur astronomers are always contemplating the ...Click HERE for more.
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Choosing and Using a New CAT
Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope
Thinking of buying a new telescope? Having trouble setting up or aligning your Schmidt-Cassegrain or Maksutov-Cassegrain 'scope? Then this book is for you! Commercial astronomical telescopes are readily available and affordable, but are more complex than previously, with ...Click HERE for more.
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Constellations
A National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to the Skies
This easy-to-use pocket guide covers the Northern Hemisphere skies season by season, with closeup looks at 54 constellations visible from northern latitudes, both the familiar and less well known. This handy book is a great companion for adults and kids alike. Paperback Boo...Click HERE for more.
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Dictionary of Astronomy
From Oxford - the Most Expansive Dictionary of its Kind
Edited by renowned author and broadcaster Ian Ridpath, with the help of over 20 expert contributors, the second edition of this highly popular dictionary contains over 4,200 up-to-date entries on all aspects of astronomy. Readers will find a galaxy of informative, vividly wr...Click HERE for more.
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Digital Astrophotography
A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos with Digital Cameras
At first glance, the challenge of astrophotography may appear daunting. But spectacular results are not only possible, they are easy to learn with the step-by-step approach of Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos. Amateurs today can produce images that o...Click HERE for more.
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DK Astronomy
Discover the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Science - From Constellations to Moon Rocks
This highly visual book explores the planets, the stars, the universe, and discovers the mysteries of the world's oldest science. DK Astronomy is a spectacular, beautiful, and informative guide to the ever fascinating world of astronomy. Great color photographs of scientifi...Click HERE for more.
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Everything Kids' Astronomy Book
Blast into Outer Space with Stellar Facts, Intergalactic Trivia, and Out-of-this-World Puzzles
Open this book and you'll find yourself on a rocket ship to another galaxy! From stars and planets to aliens and comets, The Everything Kids' Astronomy Book explores everything an astronomer-in-training could hope to discover, including: How galaxies like the Milky Way were...Click HERE for more.
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Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars
An Award Winning Introduction to Observational Astronomy
Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars was written to be a companion handbook for The Night Sky Planisphere, serving as a general introduction to observational astronomy. It covers both what can be seen in the sky and the significance of what is seen. Although it was not wr...Click HERE for more.
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Field Guide to the Night Sky
272 full-color photographs, 48 detailed monthly sky charts, plus 88 full-color constellation charts
The perfect companion volume for Hale-Bopp watchers, this guide explores the fabulous mysteries above, from planets in our solar system to the constellations in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, stars, galaxies (including the Milky Way), nebulae, astronomical bodie...Click HERE for more.
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From Here to Infinity
A Beginner's Guide to Astronomy
Renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin team up with one of the most historic scientific sites in the world—the Royal Observatory, Greenwich—to take readers on a stunning visual tour of the universe. This riveting journey moves from our home planet outwards...Click HERE for more.
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Handy Astronomy Answer Book
The Handy Astronomy Answer Book ... poses hundreds of heady questions about such matters as the Big Bang, sunspots, black holes, quarks, neutrinos and Carl Sagan.
Since the dawn of civilization, people have tried to understand the objects in the heavens. What they are, how they move, and why. At first, it was a total mystery. To deal with the great unknown, our ancient ancestors created myths and stories, and ascribed supernatural qua...Click HERE for more.
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Hubble: Imaging Space and Time
Astonishing Photos, Inspiring Text, First Class Production from National Geographic
This large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world's foremost author...Click HERE for more.
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Meade 10" LightBridge Dobsonian Telescope
LightBridge Dobs give you high quality Meade optics, premium components, and ultra portability
It's not just a big telescope. It's a big telescope that goes anywhere. LightBridge truss-dobs from Meade will fit in just about any car, and set up and and take down quickly, so you can take one of these massive windows on the universe out to your favorite dark-sky location...Click HERE for more.
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Meade DS-2080AT-LNT™
It’s onboard computer knows the night sky- over 1400 objects!
The DS-2080AT-LNT is a fully GoTo telescope. It’s onboard computer knows the night sky. After a short alignment procedure, your telescope will be ready to take you on a tour of the universe. You will see more objects in one night than Galileo saw in a lifetime. See plan...Click HERE for more.
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Meade DS-2114ATS-LNT™
It’s onboard computer knows the night sky- over 1400 objects!
The DS-2114ATS-LNT is a fully GoTo telescope. It’s onboard computer knows the night sky. After a short alignment procedure, your telescope will be ready to take you on a tour of the universe. You will see more objects in one night than Galileo saw in a lifetime. See pla...Click HERE for more.
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Meade ETX-80AT-TC GoTo Scope
Takes you to over 1400 Astronomical Objects with the Push of a Button.
Meade’s new, larger 80mm diameter ETX delivers more light-gathering for increased image brightness and greater detail. Moon craters by the hundreds, cloud belts on Jupiter, and Saturn’s rings are just the beginning of what can be seen with this telescope. Meade...Click HERE for more.
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Meteors and How to Observe Them
Enables the observer to plan meteor shower “expeditions” well into the future
Have you ever been on the beach at night, watching the sky overhead, and seen streaks of light against the background of stars? Though many people still refer to these as shooting stars, they are, of course, not stars. They are meteors—small chunks of rock and ice debr...Click HERE for more.
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Night Sky Companion
A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2009
The The Night Sky Companion is far more than just an observing guide. It is a year’s journey into the science and facts of astronomy and space travel, along with some of its history and the and the men and women who made it. If you’re a sky watcher equipped with an...Click HERE for more.
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Nightwatch
A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
The first three editions of NightWatch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it the top-selling stargazing guide in the world for the last 20 years. The key feature of this classic title is the section of star charts that are cherished by backyard astronomers everywhere. Eac...Click HERE for more.
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Observing the Moon
The Modern Astronomer's Guide
Written by an experienced and well-known lunar observer, this is a hands-on primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon. Whether you are a novice or are already experienced in practical astronomy you will find plenty in this book to help you raise your game to the next lev...Click HERE for more.
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Once Upon a Starry Night
A Book of Constellations For Kids
The night sky comes alive for young stargazers in this follow-up to the popular Zoo in the Sky. Poetic text and illustrations highlighted by shimmering stars combine seamlessly to tell the stories of ten men and women of classical Greek mythology and how their names became a...Click HERE for more.
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Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
Major Bang for Minor Bucks
The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian reflector is a terrific buy for the astronomer who wants big performance from a small budget. This telescope is big enough to keep you busy observing for the rest of your life (it gathers 178% more than a 3.5” 'scope). Its light ...Click HERE for more.
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Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
Major Bang for Minor Bucks for jaw-dropping images
Many astronomers believe that an 8" aperture Dobsonian reflector provides the perfect balance of light gathering, resolution, and economy for the amateur astronomer. The Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic fits that description perfectly - and at a price that is simply astoundin...Click HERE for more.
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Orion SkyQuest XT8i Computerized IntelliScope
Major Bang for Minor Bucks - Find Thousands of Objects with Pushbutton Ease!
Building on the Orion SkyQuest XT8i Computerized IntelliScope's legacy of award-winning design and performance, we've enhanced the world's best-selling 8" Dobsonian telescope with new technology that will change the way you view the heavens. And it's now upgraded with a 2" C...Click HERE for more.
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Orion StarBlast 4.5 Equatorial Reflector Telescope
Stop shopping and start starhopping with this incredibly easy-to-use Orion StarBlast EQ!
This telescope is bound to become a favorite of both beginners and experts alike. It combines the much-heralded StarBlast wide-field (f/4.0) parabolic optics with a sturdy, adjustable-height EQ-1 equatorial tracking mount. The telescope's short focal length serves up a gener...Click HERE for more.
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Orion StarBlast 6 Astro Reflector Telescope
Bigger, More Powerful StarBlast Delves Deeper into Space at an incredibly Low Price!
Orion has improved on their popular StarBlast 4.5 Astro Telescope with this StarBlast 6 Astro version. it takes the same compact, wide-field, user-friendly concept and expands on it by providing 73% more light-gathering area than its smaller counterpart, which means you see ...Click HERE for more.
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Planetology
Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System
In a stunning and completely new view of the solar system, an astronaut and a geologist team up to investigate, through parallel views made possible by cutting-edge space technology, how the earth itself can help science unravel the mysteries of the heavens. Noted planetary...Click HERE for more.
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Planisphere - Binoculars - Book Package
Everything You Need to Explore the Night Sky
Here's the package you've been looking for. It has everything you need to explore the wondrous mysteries of Astronomy. Here's what you get: 1] Bushnell 10x25 Compact Binoculars - light enough to hold for long periods of time as you explore the night sky. These Binoculars fea...Click HERE for more.
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Planisphere - Large
The Night Sky: A New Kind of Planisphere
A planisphere is a star chart that can be adjusted to display the night sky for any given time and date. A planisphere consists of a circular chart attached at its center to an opaque overlay that has a clear round window. The chart is mounted so that it is free to rotate a...Click HERE for more.
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Pocket Sky Atlas
Perfect for Beginners and Experienced Stargazers alike! By Sky and Telescope
Sky and Telescope's celestial atlases are the standard by which all other star atlases have been judged for a half century. Now they've raised the bar with a new Pocket Sky Atlas. There has never been such a wonderfully detailed atlas. so handy to take on trips and use at t...Click HERE for more.
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Rigel Systems QuikFinder
Perfect for small and large telescopes - Makes starhopping easy
The Compact Quick Finder (4.5" tall and 1.5") is a fraction of the size and weight of competing Telrad units. This upright reflex finder projects red circles of 1 degree and 2 degrees for easy star hopping. Continuous or pulsed reticle with variable brightness cont...Click HERE for more.
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Sky Atlas for Small Telescopes & Binoculars
The beginners guide to successful deep sky observing
Sky Atlas for Small Telescopes and Binoculars was written to fill a special need. More 2.5" (60mm) telescopes are sold each year than any other kind, but most star atlases assume at least a 6" or 8" telescope. We of course recommend that beginners start with a...Click HERE for more.
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Space Sticker Book
Little and Large Sticker Activity Book
This is a sticker book with a difference…each sticker comes with its own mini version. Have fun searching for all the planets, space craft, astronauts etc. and placing the re-usable stickers. Then stick the little stickers onto a chart to find out more. Packed with fun ...Click HERE for more.
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Star Watch
The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Finding, Observing, and Learning about Over 125 Celestial Objects
Your Passport to the Universe The night sky is alive with many wonders--distant planets, vast star clusters, glowing nebulae, and expansive galaxies, all waiting to be explored. Let respected astronomy writer Philip Harrington introduce you to the universe in Star Watch, a ...Click HERE for more.
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Stargazing
All the Techniques and Inspiration You Need to See the Universe
Collins Discover: Stargazing is your one-stop guide to seeing the universe This user-friendly, authoritative resource includes full-color charts, easy-to-follow guidance, and illustrations showing you everything you need to see the night sky. Inside you will find: Choosing ...Click HERE for more.
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Stargazing Basics
Getting Started in Recreational Astronomy - Should I Buy Binoculars or a Telescope? - What Can I Expect to See?
How do I get started in Astronomy? Should I buy binoculars or a telescope? What can I expect to see? This wonderful informal guide has all the answers for an absolute beginner to get started observing the night sky. It begins with advice on how to choose appropriate and aff...Click HERE for more.
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Stargazing Secrets
A Guide to Skywatching Using Binoculars and Telescopes
Want to find out what you can see in the night sky with your telescope? Stargazing Secrets guides you through everything that can be seen in the night sky beyond the naked eye. It is packed with information and illustrated with original star charts. Stargazing Secrets also ...Click HERE for more.
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Stargazing with Binoculars
A practical, concise beginner's guide to viewing the night sky through Binoculars
Stargazing with Binoculars is ideal for newcomers to astronomy. Authors Robin Scagell and David Frydman include the wide range of binoculars on the market and provide advice on features to consider when making a purchase. The book guides the beginner through the first steps ...Click HERE for more.
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Starry Night Enthusiast - Software
Bring the night sky panorama to your computer with the newest upgraded version
Explore a vast array of astronomical wonders, both natural and man-made! Replay spectacular fly-bys of Voyager, Galileo, and other famous space missions. Never miss your chance to witness celestial events, such as Jupiter satellite shadow transits, with the powerful Events F...Click HERE for more.
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Starry Night Pro - Software
Turn your computer into a digital observatory with 980,000 galaxies
Increase your in-the-field observing success with Starry Night Pro version 6.3. Use the Events Finder to choose targets, or make your own Observing List for a specific night or for specific objects of interest. Print out three-view starhopping charts customized to your equip...Click HERE for more.
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Stikky Night Skies
Essential Stuff that STIKKS in Your Head
Learn 6 constellations, 4 stars, a planet, a galaxy, and how to navigate at night - in one hour, guaranteed. Stikky Night Skies uses a unique learning method to bring a fascinating topic to anyone with an hour to spare. Hundreds of hours were spent with dozens of readers tes...Click HERE for more.
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Teach Yourself Visually - Astronomy
Concise two-page lessons illustrate important concepts and are ideal for quick review
From dramatic lunar eclipses to brilliant comets, the night sky fascinates people. Brimming with beautiful color photos, this book walks you through everything you need to know to maximize your enjoyment of astronomy, from choosing a telescope to identifying constellations a...Click HERE for more.
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The Planets
A Journey Through the Solar System
For millennia the planets have fascinated mankind. But only in the last 40 years have those wandering points of light in the night sky been revealed in all their glory, unmasked by a fleet of satellites and interplanetary probes: Cassini, Deep Space I, Galileo, Hubble Space ...Click HERE for more.
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The Stars
A New Way to See Them
Containing star charts, a guide to the constellations, and details about seasons and the movement of the objects we see in the sky, this classic book makes H. A. Rey’s passion for astronomy evident on every page. Second edition updates concentrate on the planetary and s...Click HERE for more.
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The Sun
A User's Manual
The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the last few centuries and millennia, and the extent to which we can predict its future impact. The Sun's rays foster the formation of Vitamin D by our bod...Click HERE for more.
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Turn Left at Orion
A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope - and How to Find Them
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 thes...Click HERE for more.
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Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto and How to Observe Them
Many new observing projects for different sizes of telescopes (from 4-inch)
This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they make their home in the remotest reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf, Pluto, which can usually be found even farther out than the two giants, was alw...Click HERE for more.
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