troutboy3
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Earlier this year, I downloaded a free viewing guide from a link that was posted on the forums. The book was a viewing guide that had an interesting bit of history about a viewable object for each day of the year. Unfortunately, my computer finally bit the dust, and I can't remember the name of the guide.
Does anyone know what I am talking about and have the link?
Thanks,
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Jim
Pentwater, MI
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novbabies
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Do you mean this webpage?
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In 2007, it could be found here. I was looking at it just the other day, to see if I could update what used to be a stickied post for 2008, but since it appeared that the site hadn't been updated for months, we unpinned the post and let it fade. I didn't realize that the daily posts had moved over to Universe Today.
Now, in following some links on Universe Today, I found this page, which mentions a "book" that the daily skywatching guide will be published in, but it doesn't mention if a free downloadable will be available as in years past or if it's only available in hardcopy form or how to get it or anything else that I can find. 
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Steph
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troutboy3
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Thanks for the info. With your help, I was able to track the book down at this website: http://www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=100156526
Amazon has a link but it is out of stock.
While I had enjoyed the free downloadable version, I was planning on purchasing the 2008 hard copy, so this helps.
Thanks again!
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Jim
Pentwater, MI
6" Meade Starfinder Reflector with motorized equatorial mount
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My eyes
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Carl Kolchak
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~Steph~,
I loved this ebook and followed it daily, even when I was not planning on going outside with binos/scope but now it looks as if it will not be available any longer in pdf. Looks like it be a hard copy book from reading this post. Am I reading that correctly? This will be missed! And looks like another book to buy! 
Edited by Richard Hendrix (12/31/07 11:33 AM)
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~Steph~
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Yup, that's essentially the same page/link I posted above (just a different location on their site of the same post), and that's the only mention I could find of it on the site. Does make it sound like hard copy only, but even they don't seem to have any link to it anywhere; there's only the link and mentions that Jim dug up (and I noticed the Tower site Jim linked to also says "2 to 4 weeks for delivery" so it seems like the book isn't even in stock anywhere...and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 2008 start soon, like, say, TOMORROW?  ).
It's too bad, I know folks have to make money but it was nice to have the free PDF, and to also have the option to get the posts by email/RSS each day, as I used to do.
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Steph
Taking it one day at a time...
I'm in the fight! - Support Liver Disease Awareness
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Serenity Observatory
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desertstars
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I'd be willing to bet the book mentioned is a generalized month-by-month sky guide, not something specific to this year.
That's the internet for you. It really has redefined the concept of "easy come, easy go..."
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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gripweed44
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I heard back from Universe today and was told that there is no book for 2008. Tammy is working on a book for Springer(publisher)
I ' ll miss it also
I plan on using the old ones as much as I can
John
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Ah, that's too bad.  Thanks for the update, John!
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Steph
Taking it one day at a time...
I'm in the fight! - Support Liver Disease Awareness
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory
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DaktariEd
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Looks like Tammy Plotner's book in question is available as, "The Night Sky Companion: A Yearly Guide to Sky-Watching 2008 - 2009 (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) (Paperback)" through Amazon....in stock. I just ordered a copy. Hope it does well for her.
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desertstars
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Come back with something in the way of a review, once you've had a chance to read it.
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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link?
This is one I'd be very interested in! 
Carol
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Carol
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desertstars
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El Linko
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Thomas Watson
Author of Mr. Olcott's Skies. Available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
@desertstarsbks
Under Desert StarsEither Way, It's Reading
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csa/montana
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Thanks TW!
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
Vixen 80MF
Masayumas 7.5,15,25W,35
Pentax XW5,10; XL7
TV22Pan
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