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Best beginner Astronomy book on the market. | NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe | Terence Dickinson

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	• NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe Terence Dickinson Firefly Books, 2006 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 107 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

simply awesome

If you are a beginner star gazer like me and know nothing about stars and planetary location, this book will guide you to open up your eyes to the wonderful unknown world. It is detailed but will not overwhelm you with information like so many other books out there. I highly recommend to others.

I'd give it a BILLION stars if I could....

This book strikes the perfect balance between being too technical and being too abstract. The author, Terence Dickinson, breaks down amazingly complex information so that non-scientist stargazers, like myself, can glean all the enjoyment and wonder out of the heavens without getting a major headache.

NIGHTWATCH is not for experienced stargazers or anyone schooled in the physical sciences, but that becomes obvious immediately. However, if you ARE one of those people, and you know someone who's interested in astronomy but will never enroll in a physics course, you can recommend this book in good conscience.

There's a substantial section about telescopes and how to buy them; if you already have a decent telescope, it seems like too much print is wasted on consumer education. But one of the biggest pitfalls to beginning this hobby is that people get sucked into buying what they think is a "starter" telescope but which is actually useless. Then they get frustrated and quit stargazing completely. The author is very careful to point the reader toward a 'scope that meets his or her needs and that will provide years of enjoyment.

The spiral-bound edition of this book makes it portable enough to take into the field, and although the star maps are very simple, they're adequate for beginners. Once you learn to navigate with those, you're ready for a "real" star atlas. Also, there are dates given for different phenomena, which only goes to 2009 or 2010. I'm guessing a newer edition will be more up-to-date with that, but those revisions could probably be found on astronomy sites.

Dickinson is an engaging writer, and the illustrations are well-done and well-chosen. When you get comfortable with your little corner of the galaxy, you can move on to more "advanced" books. But this book is the best introduction out there. It'll get you looking up, and thinking about those Larger Questions, like, "If I could go beyond the edge of the universe, would I disappear because I went past the beginning of time?" and "Who really made the crop circles?"

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Best beginner Astronomy book on the market.

This was the first (of many) astronomy books I have purchased. Nothign else comes close to the way Terence Dickeson explains and walks you through the begins of a great hobby. Highly recommended and any other books Terence Dickenson has authored or co-authored.

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PERFECT for beginners

This is way you should start out with visual astronomy. Period. Trust me on this. I read dozens of books when I first started out. This one is THE #1 BEST. Start here FIRST.

Just what I was looking for.

This books is what I expected from other good reviews. I haven't been able to read all of it, but have reviewed selected parts and looking forward to being able to read more. I'm just started to get into astronomy, so this should be a great resource for a while. I like the way the book is organized and starts with the very basics, but progresses into much more advanced subjects.

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Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded.

The first three editions of Night Watch sold more than 600,000 copies, making it the top-selling stargazing guide in the world for the last 20 years. The key feature of this classic title is the section of star charts that are cherished by backyard astronomers everywhere. Each new edition has outsold the previous one because of thorough revisions and additional new material.

Night Watch has been acclaimed as the best general interest introduction to astronomy. The fourth edition has revisions in every chapter, including: - The famous charts, ideal for stargazers using a small telescope or binoculars - A complete update of the equipment section, including computerized telescopes - An enlarged photography section, including how-to instructions for using the new generation of digital cameras for astronomical photography, both with and without a telescope - The tables of future solar and lunar eclipses, planetary conjunctions and planet locations, updated through 2018.

This edition includes for the first time star charts for use in the southern hemisphere. There are also dozens of new photographs throughout the book that show the latest thrilling discoveries made by current space observatories and probes.

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