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CN Report: The HB AstroAtlas
Mar 22 2005 05:02 AM |
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Looking for a detailed sky atlas? Tom Trusock takes a look at the HB AstroAtlas...
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CN Report: See The Stars
Mar 22 2005 04:18 PM |
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Allister St. Claire reviews this book (highly recommended by the CN Staff) which purports to take a beginner through the process of learning the twelve brightest constellations
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CN Report: The Perfect Machine
Mar 22 2005 04:27 PM |
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Tom Trusock gives us a look at Ronald Florence's account of the construction of one of the world's greatest telescopes - the 200" Hale on Mt. Palomar
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CN Report: Astrologs Observing Logs
Mar 22 2005 04:32 PM |
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Allister St. Claire asks, "Thinking of keeping notes of your observing sessions?". He then reports that if you are, Astrologs has 2 products that will really help you out
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CN Report: The Messier Objects - Deep Sky Companions
Mar 22 2005 04:37 PM |
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Tom Trusock examines Stephen James O'Meara's personal guide to the Messier objects he knows so very well
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CN Report: First Light
Mar 22 2005 04:44 PM |
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Tom Trusock offers his impressions of Richard Preston's description of activities at Palomar
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CN Report: Epic Moon
Mar 22 2005 04:56 PM |
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Tom Trusock reports on Sheehan and Dobbins' history of Earthbound Lunar exploration
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CN Report: Moon Hunters
Mar 22 2005 05:00 PM |
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Tom Trusock shares his impressions of Jeffrey Kluger's description of JPL and the unmanned space program
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CN Report: The Modern Moon
Mar 22 2005 05:04 PM |
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Tom Trusock examines Charles A. Wood's personal view of our Moon
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CN Report: The Caldwell Objects
Mar 22 2005 05:09 PM |
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Tom Trusock delivers a report on Stephen James O'Meara's followup to his Messier treatise - this time examining the Caldwell object list
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CN Report: The Dobsonian Telescope
Mar 22 2005 05:14 PM |
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Tom Trusock gives us a closeup view of Kriege and Berry's famous treatise on large Newtonian telescope construction
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CN Report: The Night Sky Observer
Mar 22 2005 05:19 PM |
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David Knisely takes an in-depth look at this popular two-volume set
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CN Report: Discover the Stars
Mar 23 2005 05:30 AM |
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Daniel Huang takes a look at this book which is aimed at helping a beginner who knows nothing about the night sky
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CN Report: Moon Observers Guide
Mar 23 2005 05:32 AM |
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Need some help in figuring out what to observe on the moon? Tom Watson examines the Moon Observers Guide
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Thomas Watson
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Double Stars for Small Telescopes
Oct 14 2008 02:13 AM |
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One class of target which often seems to be slighted by amateur astronomers is double stars.
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CN Report: Observing the Arp Peculiar Galaxies
May 28 2007 04:29 PM |
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Looking for some different observing targets? Take a look at the unusual denizens of Dr. Halton Arp's realm with the help of Alvin H. Huey's latest guide - Observing the Arp Peculiar Galaxies.
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