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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (show all) Greatshot sage Reged: 04/15/10 Loc: Norton, MA Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Darren Bly]       #4231336 - 12/06/10 01:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My first book was Astronomy Today by Dr. Dinah Moche. Became very dog-eared and broken-binding'd after some time. Incidentally, KidOrion, I believe you may have read the same. That decribes the cover of the edition I had pretty much exactly. Copy available through Amazon. I dropped the couple bucks for the nostalgia trip a few weeks ago. Certainly dated in many places (seems like there hasn't been a new edition since back then), but I can see why I loved it. It's nicely written and really does do a good job of explaining things on a level a child can understand. Edited by Greatshot (12/06/10 01:52 AM) Post Extras:       VanJan sage Reged: 07/09/08 Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Greatshot]       #4231566 - 12/06/10 08:12 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   By coincidence this early morning of Dec. 6, I pulled my 1961 edition of "The Sky Observer's Guide" from my bookshelf for a bit of nostalgic reading. In it was a page from the April 1996 issue of Sky and Telescope that had Magaret W. Mayall's obituary -- died December 6, 1995. I believe Mrs. Mayall through her authorship of "The Sky Observer's Guide", her revisions of Olcott's "Field Book of the Skies" and Webb's "Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes", and her directorship of the AAVSO had a profound and lasting effect on a lot of us oldsters when we were youngsters. On this day, the fifteenth anniversary of her death, I want to say "Thank you, Margaret W. Mayall, and may your spirit be always with the stars." Post Extras:       desertstars Reged: 11/05/03 Loc: Tucson, AZ Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: VanJan]       #4231791 - 12/06/10 10:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: By coincidence this early morning of Dec. 6, I pulled my 1961 edition of "The Sky Observer's Guide" from my bookshelf for a bit of nostalgic reading. In it was a page from the April 1996 issue of Sky and Telescope that had Magaret W. Mayall's obituary -- died December 6, 1995. I believe Mrs. Mayall through her authorship of "The Sky Observer's Guide", her revisions of Olcott's "Field Book of the Skies" and Webb's "Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes", and her directorship of the AAVSO had a profound and lasting effect on a lot of us oldsters when we were youngsters. On this day, the fifteenth anniversary of her death, I want to say "Thank you, Margaret W. Mayall, and may your spirit be always with the stars." I feel that effect every time I observe. Field Book of the Skies (her revision) and The Sky Observers Guide very nearly define my beginnings as an amateur astronomer. Excellent post. Post Extras:       KidOrion professor emeritus Reged: 07/07/07 Loc: Carbondale, IL Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Greatshot]       #4231867 - 12/06/10 11:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: My first book was Astronomy Today by Dr. Dinah Moche. Became very dog-eared and broken-binding'd after some time. Incidentally, KidOrion, I believe you may have read the same. That decribes the cover of the edition I had pretty much exactly. Copy available through Amazon. I dropped the couple bucks for the nostalgia trip a few weeks ago. Certainly dated in many places (seems like there hasn't been a new edition since back then), but I can see why I loved it. It's nicely written and really does do a good job of explaining things on a level a child can understand. Actually, although the cover is quite similar, that's not the book. "Mine" dealt only with the planets, and was published well before Pioneer or Voyager or anything resembling a planetary probe... mid-50s, maybe? I recall that it had some of the larger asteroids in it, and had a drawing of Ceres (I think) superimposed on an outline of Manhattan Island for scale. I don't quite recall the name, though... I was maybe eight or nine at the time. Post Extras:       Greatshot sage Reged: 04/15/10 Loc: Norton, MA Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: KidOrion]       #4232164 - 12/06/10 02:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It sounded close enough in description I figured I'd toss the link up just in case. Sorry for the false lead. Post Extras:       KidOrion professor emeritus Reged: 07/07/07 Loc: Carbondale, IL Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Greatshot]       #4232317 - 12/06/10 03:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: It sounded close enough in description I figured I'd toss the link up just in case. Sorry for the false lead. No problem. I've done Google searches and still don't remember the name of the danged book. It was a way oversized one (the liberry had to keep it on its side to keep it on the shelf), of about 40 pages. It was in a series, as well, of which one of the other books was about weather (or, at least, about tornadoes). Post Extras:       KidOrion professor emeritus Reged: 07/07/07 Loc: Carbondale, IL Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: KidOrion]       #4232338 - 12/06/10 03:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ah-ha--it was Exploring the Planets. The author was Roy Gallant; here's one of the others in the series: Post Extras:       Stellarfire Pooh-Bah Reged: 07/10/11 Loc: Switzerland Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Pollux556]       #4913406 - 11/13/11 09:51 AM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Iain Nicolson: "Die Erforschung der Planeten", Delphin Verlag, Stuttgart und Zürich 1971, ISBN 3-7735-2814-0. It is the German edition of "Exploring the Planets", published by the Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., London 1970. A small, nicely illustrated booklet. I got it in 1973 (at age of 10), and still have it. Stephan Post Extras:       blb Post Laureate Reged: 11/25/05 Loc: Piedmont NC Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Stellarfire]       #4913459 - 11/13/11 10:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I will have to dig it out of a box somewhere but I still have the little paperback book. It is called "STARS" and was one of the Golden Nature Guide series. I had many of these little guides and loved each one of them. I bought my first copy in about 1960-1961. Wow! that's a long time ago. Post Extras:       Pollux556 Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/14/08 Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Pollux556]       #4913602 - 11/13/11 11:26 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another that I have since longtime is the french traduction of this book from MIR edition, Moscow 1975: Astronomie générale Bakouline P. - Kononovitch E. - Moroz V. Post Extras:       rdandrea Carpal Tunnel Reged: 06/13/10 Loc: Colorado, USA DM59ra Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Pollux556]       #4914022 - 11/13/11 03:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Probably "How to use your Telescope" that came with my 3" Edmund. Or one of the Golden Nature Guides--Probably "Stars" by Herbert S. Zim and Robert Baker. I think I also had "Planets" by Mark Chartrand. Post Extras:       Aleko super member Reged: 08/01/10 Loc: Georgia Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: rdandrea]       #4914463 - 11/13/11 08:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow, I had no idea so many others were hooked by the "Stars" Golden Guide by Zim and Baker! I was 10 years old 50 years ago when I found the book in my Easter basket. I devoured "Stars" while also devouring chocolate eggs. Have been hooked on both every since! Alex Post Extras:       amicus sidera Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/14/11 Loc: East of the Sun, West of the M... Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: nunciusaustralis]       #4915921 - 11/14/11 05:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I well remember the quattro of 'first' books I had in the very early 1960's - my dear late father took my precocious interest in astronomy very seriously, and was interested in the subject himself. These first books were for both of us. The titles were: "How To Use Your Telescope" by Sam Browne, "Handbook Of The Heavens" by Bernhard, Bennett & Rice, "The Sky Observer's Guide", by Golden Press, and "Stars", by Zim & Baker. Shortly after we devoured these books an Edmund "Palomar Jr." 'scope appeared, and so it went. Later on, my father gave me a copy of H.A. Rey's "The Stars", and with it I finally learned the constellations. Post Extras:       nsldvd sage Reged: 10/02/08 Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Aleko]       #4917445 - 11/15/11 03:25 PM Attachment (21 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Still have my first "Stars" copy (1951/1956). Post Extras:       mikholland member Reged: 10/10/09 Loc: Chandler, AZ Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: nsldvd]       #4917794 - 11/15/11 07:38 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Still have it; "ASTRONOMY Handbook" ca 1957, a Fawcett how-to book, minus the "Star finder rule", planisphere, which I cut out and made good use of. Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: mikholland]       #4923446 - 11/18/11 09:33 PM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My first book was this 1971 publishing of the Golden Publishing "Sky Observer's Guide"....a great little beginner's book!!! Yup, still got mine!!!! Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: RobertED]       #4923452 - 11/18/11 09:38 PM Attachment (16 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My first "big boy" astronomy book was a Christmas gift of the 1973 Rand McNally publication...."Astronomy" by Donald H.Menzel. Beautifully illustrated, a great 'coffee-table' style book!!! Yup, still got it!!! Post Extras:       starbux sage Reged: 02/08/06 Loc: Sunnyvale, CA Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: nsldvd]       #4924469 - 11/19/11 02:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Still have my first "Stars" copy (1951/1956). I may have had that one as a hand-me-down. But the first book I bought about astronomy (though my interest was initially the manned space programs) was "Atlas of the Universe" by Patrick Moore and published (at the time) by Rand McNally. Post Extras:       faackanders2 Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/28/11 Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: Pollux556]       #4924552 - 11/19/11 03:22 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Not my first Astronomy Book, but the more important one that turned me on to Astronomy: Patrick Moore's Atlas of the Universe. Even wrote all my observations in it for my first 10-15 years! Post Extras:       BillFerris Post Laureate Reged: 07/17/04 Loc: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Re: Your very first astronomy book ? [Re: nsldvd]       #4924666 - 11/19/11 04:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ditto on "Stars." - Bill in Flag Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (show all)

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