I forget where I got the recommendation but I added to my Amazon wish list. I had to place an order so I purchased Total Skywatchers Manual by Astronomical Society of the Pacific. I will add it to my long-term reading list but I skimmed it after it arrived. Since it is a list and […]
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In preparation for the solar eclipse of 2017, I decided to get a few books. The first was Total Solar Eclipse 2017 by Marc Nussbaum.
Sometime back in 2015, I created a future task to start planning for the solar eclipse in 2017. Earlier this year, a post on Seattle Astronomy talked about viewing the eclipse from Madras, Oregon at Oregon Solarfest. The website has changed a lot since then but was very simple back in the spring. I sent
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I wanted to learn what settings on the camera to use for both astrophotography and general night sky photography. So, I purchased a couple of books: Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide for Shooting After Dark Getting Started: Budget Astrophotography The first book was by Jennifer Wu. I made a first pass through the book.
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