Another Newbie

[alanchua]

Hi all

This is Alan and I am another newbie interested in the area of astronomy and stargazing. My interest get further after I came across some popular layman books on the Universe and the BBC show by Brian Cox on Stargazing.

Looking forward to join some star walk session by the guys in this forum. Currently I have zero devices but is looking to get one. I stay in Sengkang and look forward to knowing more in this area.

See you folks.

Alan Chua

[Gary]

Hi Alan. Welcome to the forum and hobby! Hope you have lots of fun exploring the Universe.

[Airconvent]

Welcome to Singastro Alan...and yes, Brian Cox has a way of making astronomy interesting.
To bad you missed this group buy for what i call "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Its an excellent beginner's guide and I suppose you can still order it separately.
But if price is not an issue (lucky you!) buy it from Kinokuniya...instant gratification..

[alanchua]

Cool, Already downloaded the Ebook. The Universe is getting more and more fascinating as I go along.

Welcome to Singastro Alan...and yes, Brian Cox has a way of making astronomy interesting.
To bad you missed this group buy for what i call "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Its an excellent beginner's guide and I suppose you can still order it separately.
But if price is not an issue (lucky you!) buy it from Kinokuniya...instant gratification..

[alanchua]

I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.

Welcome to Singastro Alan...and yes, Brian Cox has a way of making astronomy interesting.
To bad you missed this group buy for what i call "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Its an excellent beginner's guide and I suppose you can still order it separately.
But if price is not an issue (lucky you!) buy it from Kinokuniya...instant gratification..

[Gary]

I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.

The title is Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terrence Dickinson and Alan Dyer:
- http://www.backyardastronomy.com/
- http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Astronom ... 1554073448

The recent singastro group buy thread: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12223

[alanchua]

Cool Gary, I got the book. Yes. It a good read and cover a wide range of topics. I think anyone interested in this hobby should get this book.

I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.

The title is Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terrence Dickinson and Alan Dyer:
- http://www.backyardastronomy.com/
- http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Astronom ... 1554073448

The recent singastro group buy thread: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12223

[Gary]

That's great Alan. You are already ahead of some newcomers who for whatever strange reasons do not like to incorporate reading good books into their telescope-buying research but rather getting confusing unstructured bits of info here and there and everywhere else!