Welcome to you all who heard the call of astronomy, who were hooked up and want to learn more to have a good start. In time, I'll update and post more information here based on my experiences of almost three decades of astronomical observing, telescope making and astrophotography. For the moment, you'll find the following on this page:
BOOKS I RECOMMEND WHEN YOU START
Nightwatch (third edition), Terence Dickinson, Firefly Books, Buffalo NY, 1998, ISBN 1-55209-300-X.
Turn Left at Orion (third edition), Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis, Cambridge Unv. Press, Cambridge UK, 2000, ISBN 0-521-78190-6.
Discover the Stars, Richard Berry, Harmony Books, New York NY, 1987, ISBN 0-517-56529-3.
Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook (twentieth edition), edited by Ian Ridpath, Pi Press, New York NY, 2004, ISBN 0-13-145164-2.
STAR ATLASES I RECOMMEND WHEN YOU START
Bright Star Atlas 2000.0, Wil Tirion and Brian Skiff, Willmann-Bell, Richmond VA, 1990-2001, ISBN 0-943396-27-1.
The Cambridge Star Atlas (third edition), Wil Tirion, Cambridge Unv. Press, Cambridge UK, 2001, ISBN 0-521-80084-6.
Sky Atlas 2000.0 (second edition), Wil Tirion and Roger W. Sinnott, Sky Publishing Corp., Cambridge MA and Cambridge Unv. Press, Cambridge UK, 1998, ISBN 0-933346-87-5 (deluxe edition).
TELESCOPES I RECOMMEND WHEN YOU START
Edmund Scientific, Astroscan 4.25" (108 mm) rich field reflector
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars, StarBlast 4.5" (113 mm) Astro Telescope
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars, SkyQuest XT4.5 (114 mm) Dobsonian Telescope
Celestron, NexStar 5i (127 mm) Go To Schmidt-Cassegrain automated telescope
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