Just want to share some interesting titles for Newbie like me apart from the famous Backyard Astronomer's Guide
1. Nature Guide Stars and Planets by Robert Dinwiddie and published by DK - This book start off with some brief explanation of the Universe, information on Celestial objects before going to the Monthly Sky Guide. Compact enough to bring along during Stargazing. Dun expect too much on higher magnitude stars.
2. Universe by Roger Freedman and Kaufmann. This is not really on practical Stargazing etc. It is more on a Academic approach to learn more on the Universe. Although it's meant for College, it a good read for anyone who want to know more.
Turn left at orion looked useful until I realised southern hemi is only very lightly covered, they should not do that (focus on northern hemi - very bad!!)
zymon wrote:Turn left at orion looked useful until I realised southern hemi is only very lightly covered, they should not do that (focus on northern hemi - very bad!!)
Better than having no books of such format and large presentation for both hemisphere.
"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.
I got also the Nightwatch by one of the author from the Backyard Astronomer Guide. Quite a good read also. I am wandering if we can use the Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart Planisphere on the Sky and Telescope magazine or any others that are on the Internet rather than specifically a Equator one ? If yes, do we need to convert the time to Singapore equivalent ?
Forget about the Time conversion, that a dumb question from me. Time should not be converted. But still, I am wandering if a Northern Hemisphere can be used in SG?
alanchua wrote:I got also the Nightwatch by one of the author from the Backyard Astronomer Guide. Quite a good read also. I am wandering if we can use the Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart Planisphere on the Sky and Telescope magazine or any others that are on the Internet rather than specifically a Equator one ? If yes, do we need to convert the time to Singapore equivalent ?
u will find the planisphere not as accurate. things near their horizon is below ours towards the north. other stars positions are not at thevplace as on the planisphere since we are about 40° diff.
