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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all) cpr1 sage Reged: 03/24/12 Loc: Louisiana Anyone get new books for Christmas?       #5595213 - 12/29/12 10:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My 18 year old daughter got me a new Astronomy book for Christmas. UNIVERSE The Definitive visual guide. DK books Smithsonian. At first I thought it would be a pictorial Hubble book, but it is very informative with coverage from planets to star types to galaxy types. Very informative read much like the Tv series How the UNiverse works with Mike Rowe narrator. Excellent pics from many scopes not just the space telescopes. My girl has kind of made a habit of getting me astro books for gifts lately and I am not complaining. Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: cpr1]       #5595794 - 12/30/12 10:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I love Astro books...anytime!! My most recent addition, is the Cambridge Photographic Moon Atlas!!It is totally awesome!....and has gotten plenty of write-ups here in Cloudy Nights forums!!!! I also highly recommend the "Backyard Astronomer's Guide", by Dickinson & Dyer....another Astronomical GEM!!! Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: RobertED]       #5595795 - 12/30/12 10:05 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Uhhh, did I also mention...."NIGHTWATCH"??? This is also by Terrance Dickinson.....awesome book for beginners as well!! Post Extras:       Patrik Iver sage Reged: 07/29/03 Loc: Kaarina, Finland Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: cpr1]       #5598222 - 12/31/12 03:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My wife gave me the latest edition of Peter Birrens "Objects in the Heavens". And I ordered the "Great Atlas" for myself, but that one is still in the mail. Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Patrik Iver]       #5598316 - 12/31/12 04:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I bought a great copy of Wilkins & Moore's "The Moon" (1955) from a fellow CN'er as a present for myself; does that count? Post Extras:       cpr1 sage Reged: 03/24/12 Loc: Louisiana Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Rick Woods]       #5598447 - 12/31/12 05:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I agree Backyard Astronomer's Guide is great. Also Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders. Post Extras:       CelestronDaddy sage Reged: 08/22/09 Loc: Central Texas Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: cpr1]       #5598522 - 12/31/12 06:31 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Picked these up right before Christmas from one of my favorite bookstores, Half Price Books... The Messier Album, 1978 Hardcover The Practical Astronomer, 2010 Softcover Post Extras:       RobertED Carpal Tunnel Reged: 07/11/03 Loc: Johnston, RI Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: CelestronDaddy]       #5598538 - 12/31/12 06:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Picked these up right before Christmas from one of my favorite bookstores, Half Price Books... The Messier Album, 1978 Hardcover The Practical Astronomer, 2010 Softcover The Messier Album...an awesome book in my collection!!!! Post Extras:       CelestronDaddy sage Reged: 08/22/09 Loc: Central Texas Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: RobertED]       #5598545 - 12/31/12 06:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Robert - I would have to agree with you I think I paid maybe $10 for an absolutely unused mint condition addition with dust jacket! Come to think of it I need to get a copy of the Cambridge Double Star Atlas and that would be a good place to look,g ..... Thanks and Happy New Year... Tony Post Extras:       Mike E. Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/26/10 Loc: Moonstone Observatory Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: CelestronDaddy]       #5599243 - 01/01/13 09:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Picked these up right before Christmas from one of my favorite bookstores, Half Price Books... The Messier Album, 1978 Hardcover Congrats on finding a copy, its everything a great book should be, and the personal checklist/entry log makes it perfect. Post Extras:       Wmacky Pooh-Bah Reged: 11/24/07 Loc: Florida Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Mike E.]       #5599313 - 01/01/13 10:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   1. Telescope Optics 2. Atlas of deep-Sky Splendors Post Extras:       RLTYS Post Laureate Reged: 12/18/04 Loc: New York (Long Island) Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Wmacky]       #5599334 - 01/01/13 10:35 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I just got Mike Inglis's book "Observer's Guide To Stellar Evolution". Rich (RLTYS) Post Extras:       beatlejuice scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 04/05/11 Loc: Hamilton, ON,Canada Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Wmacky]       #5599449 - 01/01/13 11:57 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: 2. Atlas of deep-Sky Splendors Did you get this used off of Amazon or similar? What are your impressions? Been curious for a long time. Thanks Eric Post Extras:       CounterWeight Postmaster Reged: 10/05/08 Loc: Cloudyopolis, OR. Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: RLTYS]       #5599456 - 01/01/13 12:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   depending how you bracket the holiday season... 21stCentury Atlas of the Moon by Collins and Wood (new) The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Kanipe and Webb (new) Solar Activity by Tandberg-Hanssen (used) Active Galactic Nuclei by (editors) Hazard and Mitton (used) Great Atlas of the Sky (new) Post Extras:       CelestronDaddy sage Reged: 08/22/09 Loc: Central Texas Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Mike E.]       #5599532 - 01/01/13 12:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: Picked these up right before Christmas from one of my favorite bookstores, Half Price Books... The Messier Album, 1978 Hardcover Congrats on finding a copy, its everything a great book should be, and the personal checklist/entry log makes it perfect. Thanks! I have enjoyed reading it and I also thought the checklist was cool Tony Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: beatlejuice]       #5599674 - 01/01/13 01:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: 2. Atlas of deep-Sky Splendors Did you get this used off of Amazon or similar? What are your impressions? Been curious for a long time. Thanks Eric Forgive my offering a response to a question not directed to me, but... This is a first-rate book IMO. Photos of a lot of DSOs done by Veherenberg, all at the same scale for comparison purposes. A lot of supplementary photos and info, as well, plus a long commentary by the author. It's a big hardcover with ultra-high quality glossy paper. A really wonderful book, and well worth having. Too bad it's out of print. Post Extras:       beatlejuice scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 04/05/11 Loc: Hamilton, ON,Canada Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Rick Woods]       #5599876 - 01/01/13 03:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Forgive my offering a response to a question not directed to me No apology needed Rick. I value your input on any kind of book review. Just wish that I had purchased this 20 years ago. Eric Post Extras:       rockethead26 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/21/09 Loc: Indiana, USA Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Rick Woods]       #5599987 - 01/01/13 05:14 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quote: Quote: Quote: 2. Atlas of deep-Sky Splendors Did you get this used off of Amazon or similar? What are your impressions? Been curious for a long time. Thanks Eric Forgive my offering a response to a question not directed to me, but... This is a first-rate book IMO. Photos of a lot of DSOs done by Veherenberg, all at the same scale for comparison purposes. A lot of supplementary photos and info, as well, plus a long commentary by the author. It's a big hardcover with ultra-high quality glossy paper. A really wonderful book, and well worth having. Too bad it's out of print. I used to own this book and must have given it away some years ago. Looking now there are two editions, 1978 by Sky Publishing and 1984 by Cambridge University Press. Any comments on which is better? Thanks Post Extras:       Rick Woods Postmaster Reged: 01/27/05 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: rockethead26]       #5600015 - 01/01/13 05:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I don't know. Mine is by Sky Pub, Cambridge U. Press, *and* Treugesell-Verlag, copyright 1983, second printing 1988. No mention of 1978 or 1984. Are you looking at the right one? By Hans Vehrenberg? Post Extras:       rockethead26 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/21/09 Loc: Indiana, USA Re: Anyone get new books for Christmas? [Re: Rick Woods]       #5600022 - 01/01/13 05:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeah Rick, see here Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | (show all)

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