[AZ-Observing] Re: Burnham's Celestial Handbook
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:45:36 -0700
Wes, I'd put Skiff and Luginbuhl's Observing Handbook and Houston's Deep Sky
Wonders at top of the list. I've got both and they are excellent book. S&L
is good for reference and Houston's is on a more personal side. Both well
worth the $$$.
Clear skies,
aj
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From: "Wes Edens" <edensw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:51 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Thanks for a great idea for my Amazon wish list. Other titles I have on
the list:
Skiff and Luginbuhl's Observing Handbook
O'Meara's Deep Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures
O'Meara's Deep Sky Companions: Messier Objects
Houston's Deep Sky Wonders
and
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II for PC (the first one was
pretty cool.)
and I almost forgot--an Orion accessory case. Orion sells some items
through Amazon.
On Nov 27, 2007 7:10 PM, Jimmy Ray <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> As the current cloud cover will continue for the next week or so, which is
> probably due to the fact my Solar telescope will be arriving tomorrow
> (sorry
> gang), I decided to order a few books from Amazon to while away the hours.
> Part of the book purchase was Burnham's Celestial Handbook in three
> volumes.
> "Volume" correctly defines the three books, there are 2138 pages in all! I
> know this comes as no surprize to all of you out there that own it but for
> me that was kind of a "wow" when I first lifted, then opened the box and
> looked inside. Talk about voluminous information for very few dollars.
> Each
> volume was $15.56 with free shipping. That should be enough reading to
> get
> me through the current cloudy spell. If not I'll probably have to burn the
> solar scope to appease who ever I upset this time (Meteora, Sol, Queen
> Cassiopeia, my mother in law, who knows...)
>
> Bottom line. looks like a lot of great and exciting stuff but, if you are
> looking for a little light reading, this probably ain't it!
>
> Jimmy Ray
>
>
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