LITERATURE
Those
Precious Books, for those of you who wish to make Telescopes, Telescope
Mirrors, or need a book to get you around the Night Sky, below you will
find some that I strongly recommend! If you don't see the book you want,
click below, enter a keyword in the search box and IM sure you'll find
it. Clear Skys!!!
>Order
How to Make a Telescope by Jean Texereau, Night Watch by Terrance Dickinson,
Build Your Own Telescope/English; Richard Berry, Amateur Telescope Making
Vol 1; Albert G. Ingalls (Editor), Telescope Optics : Evaluation and Design;
Harrie G.J. Rutten, Martin A.M. Van Venrooij (Visual Quickstart Guide Today!
Terence Dickinson
Mr.Dickinson is the author of 14 astronomy books, the editor of SkyNews magazine and an astronomy columnist for The Toronto Star and the Canadian Discovery Channel. His life-long interest in astronomy began at age 5 when he saw a brilliant meteor from the sidewalk in front of his home.
In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a staff astronomer at two major planetariums and, since 1976, has been a full-time astronomy writer and editor. He has recieved numerous national and international awards for his work, among them the New Your Academy of Sciences book of the year award and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions in communicating astronomy to the public. In 1994, asteriod 5272 Dickinson was named after him. In 1995, he received the Order of Canada, the nations highest civilian achievement award. He lives in rural eastern Ontario where he enjoys dark night skies about his backyard roll-off roof observatory! Below are just a few of his books, NIGHTWATCH Third Edition has been revised and expanded for use through 2010.
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1999 Calendar |
NightWatch |
Try the KEYWORD "ASTRONOMY"!!!
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