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
Another Newbie
Re: Another Newbie
Hi Alan. Welcome to the forum and hobby! Hope you have lots of fun exploring the Universe.
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Re: Another Newbie
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..
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..
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Re: Another Newbie
Cool, Already downloaded the Ebook. The Universe is getting more and more fascinating as I go along.
Airconvent wrote: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..
Re: Another Newbie
I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.
Airconvent wrote: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..
Re: Another Newbie
The title is Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terrence Dickinson and Alan Dyer:alanchua wrote:I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.
- http://www.backyardastronomy.com/
- http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Astronom ... 1554073448
The recent singastro group buy thread: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12223
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Another Newbie
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.
Gary wrote:The title is Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terrence Dickinson and Alan Dyer:alanchua wrote:I wander if you could share the Author of the book that you mention. Not too sure if I get the right one.
- http://www.backyardastronomy.com/
- http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Astronom ... 1554073448
The recent singastro group buy thread: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12223
Re: Another Newbie
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!
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.