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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When I was looking at Saturn, my mind wondered back to an earlier topic which about eyepieces. I had purchased a couple for the ETX but since never really used the telescope, I didn’t get an experience with the differences. I received one eyepiece with the LightBridge, which was the included one, and it seemed
I can’t remember exactly were I heard about this book. The book is Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait. Phil has a blog also called Bad Astronomy. The book discussed two topics which I was interested in. First was it explained many astronomical topics in detail to give the real science like why the sky is blue and
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Many years ago my sister gave me an edition of NightWatch by Terence Dickinson as a birthday present. It sat on the shelf next to the manual for my ETX. But, once I started thinking about getting into astronomy as a serious hobby, I finally got around to reading it. Additionally, I purchase a number
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After more searching on Amazon, I found Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet by Peter Duffett-Smith and Jonathan Zwart. This will be my guide on my journey to create the Astronomy Calculator. The fourth edition was published in 2011 so it is current. It also had a website where you can download the Excel
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In my searching for books on Amazon, I found a book called Astronomical Algorithms by Jean Meeus. It was claimed to be the first book that made astronomical calculations available to the casual astronomers. It was focused on “calculators” but since the first edition was written in 1979, an iPhone today would seem like a mainframe
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