Author
|
Title
|
Publisher
|
Comments
|
Cost Cdn (US)
|
Karel Andel
|
Moon Map (laminated)
|
Sky
|
simple Moon map
|
($5)
|
Karel Andel
|
Mirror-Image Moon Map (laminated)
|
Sky
|
same for refractors & SCTs
|
($5)
|
Sam Brown
|
All About Telescopes
|
Edmund
Scientific
|
great illustrations of optics
|
($13)
|
Guy Consolmagno & Dan M.
Davis
|
Turn Left At Orion
|
Cambridge
|
observing for beginners
|
$26
|
Terence Dickinson
|
NightWatch
|
Firefly
|
best beginner's book
|
$21
|
Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer
|
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide
|
Firefly
|
the astronomy bible
|
$35
|
Terence Dickinson & Jack
Newton
|
Splendors of the Universe
|
Firefly
|
astrophotography
|
$28
|
Leo Enright
|
The Beginner's Observing Guide
|
RASC
|
practical guide
|
$23
|
Rajiv Gupta
|
Observer's Handbook 2004
|
RASC
|
essential data
|
$26
|
Philip S. Harrington
|
Star Ware
|
Wiley
|
telescopes & accessories
|
$19
|
Philip S. Harrington
|
Star Watch
|
Wiley
|
observing for beginners
|
$19
|
Philip S. Harrington
|
Touring the Universe through
Binoculars
|
Wiley
|
best binocular book
|
$34
|
David H. Levy
|
Guide to the Night Sky
|
Cambridge
|
more advanced observing
|
$25
|
Vic Menard & Tippy D'Auria
|
New Perspectives on Newtonian
Collimation
|
Tectron (Sky)
|
collimation bible
|
($8)
|
| Robert D. Miller |
The Miller Planisphere
|
Datalizer
|
good star finder
|
($15)
|
Leslie C. Peltier
|
Starlight Nights
|
Sky
|
why we do astronomy
|
($20)
|
Harvard Pennington
|
The Year-Round Messier Marathon
Field Guide
|
Willmann-Bell
|
best Messier guide
|
($25)
|
Ian Ridpath
|
Norton's Star Atlas and
Reference Handbook
|
Pi Press
|
best beginner's atlas
|
$32
|
Antonin Rükl
|
Atlas of the Moon
|
Sky
|
best Moon atlas
|
($45)
|
P. Clay Sherrod
|
A Complete Manual of Amateur
Astronomy
|
Dover
|
more advanced observing
|
$22
|
Wil Tirion
|
DeepMap 600
|
Orion
|
pocket "road map"
|
($14)
|
Wil Tirion
|
The Cambridge Star Atlas
|
Cambridge
|
good beginner's atlas
|
$35
|
Wil Tirion & Roger W. Sinnott
|
SkyAtlas 2000.0 (Desk Edition
laminated)
|
Sky/Cambridge
|
best intermediate atlas
|
($70)
|
Wil Tirion & Brian Skiff
|
Bright Star Atlas
|
Willmann-Bell
|
basic beginner's atlas
|
($10)
|
