Spherical Astronomy by Robin M Green claims to be a updated version of a previous book of the same title that was the standard introductory text on positional astronomy. The claim seems sound. After my math refresher books, I started it again. This time, some concepts started to make sense after a couple of readings. […]
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Astronomy Calculator was an inspiration. Unfortunately, I get remember the exact circumstances for that inspiration. One part probably has to do when I was brainstorming about building mobile astronomy apps and realized it would be cool to display the time of sunset. I did some Google searching and couldn’t find a service that I could
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When I subscribed to Sky & Telescope, I signed up for their email newsletter which also included ads for their store. One of the items caught my eye. It was a DVD of past issue of something called Night Sky magazine. It was a magazine for the entry-level stargazer and exactly what I want to
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I created a webpage of astronomy blogs I am reading. Probably the one that stands out the most at this point is the Bad Astronomy blog by Phil Plait. I really like the tone of his blogs. I am trying to find the time to read his book. Very enjoyable read.
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The two astronomy magazines I read regularly are Astronomy and Sky and Telescope. I find both magazines to be very interesting. There are some differences between the two so if you can’t afford both, you would probably want to check them both out before you make a decision. I asked someone at a telescope shop once
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I have blogged about some of my past astronomy interests in the post “Why Clear Sky Tonight”. My future astronomy interests are: Planets – The planets have always fascinated me. Sure you can see the moon with the naked eye, but the planets are so big but just so far away. I have seen the
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