Backyard Astronomer's Guide

andeelym · Post by **andeelym** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:57 am

With the recommendations from another thread, I went to Borders yesterday and browse through the book. I was blown away by the amount of information and pictures. Made me really wanna buy it.

But reading from the website, it seems that there was a Sept 2010 edition but it was sold out? And scouring through various online bookstores, I cannot really find the latest print at all. Not even a sold out indication.

My questions are:
1) Was there really a Sept 2010 edition?
2) Will there be a reprint? If so, when?
3) Is it worth it to buy the current 2008 edition? The cheapest source was from Amazon @ USD$28.94.

I know the first 2 might be hard to answer, just wanna get a confirmation before buying the 2008 edition.

Thank you for your time.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:58 pm

I have just sent the authors an email regarding the availability of the Sept 2010 version. Will update when they reply.

vngks · Post by **vngks** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:28 pm

Thanks Gary. Keep us updated

andeelym · Post by **andeelym** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:52 pm

Thank you Gary!

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:35 pm

The one sold at Kino is confirm to be the 2010 version. Cos i bought one and checked. Hope this helps lol

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:50 pm

shirox wrote:The one sold at Kino is confirm to be the 2010 version. Cos i bought one and checked. Hope this helps lol

Still no reply from the authors.

@Shirox: The question we were asking is if there is a Sept 2010 version. The one you bought is Aug 2010 version. 2008 is confirmed old version.

Check the first few pages of your copy, does it says August 2010 or September 2010? Another way to check is if the iphone apps information is actually printed in the book.

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:14 pm

yes confirm, chapter 14 talks about high tech astronomy which included Ipad and iphone apps.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:25 pm

shirox wrote:yes confirm, chapter 14 talks about high tech astronomy which included Ipad and iphone apps.

@shirox: Do you see all of the following content printed in your copy?

http://www.backyardastronomy.com/Backya ... copes.html

Look at the first few pages of your book, what is the date of publication ? September 2010?

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 8:10 pm

yeah you get most of what is stated in the website on the book. Except on the specific apps recommendations is not found detailed in the book.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:27 pm

shirox wrote:yeah you get most of what is stated in the website on the book. Except on the specific apps recommendations is not found detailed in the book.

Hi Shirox. Thanks for the confirmation.