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Terence Dickinson is a passionated amateur astronomer. Every night if the sky is clear he goes outside in his back yard and watches the starry night sky. He practices his hobby for a long, long time and will give his knowlegde to other hobby astronomers to do their hobby as well as he did.
This book is great! In my opinion it is the best book for beginners watching the night sky as you will find on the marketplace worldwide! On the first chapters Terence Dickinson invited the people reading this book to follow him an interesting and very exciting journey along our solar system, the milky way, other galaxies in the nearest space of our galaxy, galaxy clusters and so on... Please take care that you won't get dizzy while reading - the distances between the planets, the stars and even between the galaxies and galaxy clusters are so far that you never could imagine!
;-)
In the following chapters the author will give the beginning amateur astronomer very useful information about the right choice to buy a telescope (A refractor or reflector? A Newtonian? A Dobsonian?). He will help you to find an answer to your question "What type and size of telescope is the best all-purpose buy?". Furthermore Terence Dickinson describes the astronomical equipment and telescope accessories you need for watching the stars and deep sky objects with success. "Do I need a row of eye pieces for my telescope or only one or two of these things? What about a Barlow lens, sun and moon filters? Do I need them all?" (Warning: be VERY careful with using a sun filter for your telescope - do even watching the sun if you are very sure HOW TO USE a sun filter!). The author describes how a mount works and which kind of mount is the right for your telescope.
The star charts and maps you find in this book are very helpful, too. As I said at the beginning of my review, this is a very good and well-written book for astronomers who wants to begin this beautiful hobby. Five stars and more (if it could be possible to give more than five stars)!!! Now let's enjoy the starry night sky with its wonders of the universe!
This book is great! In my opinion it is the best book for beginners watching the night sky as you will find on the marketplace worldwide! On the first chapters Terence Dickinson invited the people reading this book to follow him an interesting and very exciting journey along our solar system, the milky way, other galaxies in the nearest space of our galaxy, galaxy clusters and so on... Please take care that you won't get dizzy while reading - the distances between the planets, the stars and even between the galaxies and galaxy clusters are so far that you never could imagine!
;-)
In the following chapters the author will give the beginning amateur astronomer very useful information about the right choice to buy a telescope (A refractor or reflector? A Newtonian? A Dobsonian?). He will help you to find an answer to your question "What type and size of telescope is the best all-purpose buy?". Furthermore Terence Dickinson describes the astronomical equipment and telescope accessories you need for watching the stars and deep sky objects with success. "Do I need a row of eye pieces for my telescope or only one or two of these things? What about a Barlow lens, sun and moon filters? Do I need them all?" (Warning: be VERY careful with using a sun filter for your telescope - do even watching the sun if you are very sure HOW TO USE a sun filter!). The author describes how a mount works and which kind of mount is the right for your telescope.
The star charts and maps you find in this book are very helpful, too. As I said at the beginning of my review, this is a very good and well-written book for astronomers who wants to begin this beautiful hobby. Five stars and more (if it could be possible to give more than five stars)!!! Now let's enjoy the starry night sky with its wonders of the universe!
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DON'T BUY THIS BOOK
24. November 2006
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This is book is so good, you'll regret reading it. Let me tell you why. This is the book that got me started on astronomy. Two telescopes, sleepless nights spent under the stars, and 4 years later; I am $5000 poorer but much more enriched...all because I read this book. Perfect for any beginner, but even this "old head" had to buy the new edition (this is the 4th) since my old one is being passed on to my Dad's house (with our old 6 inch Discovery telescopes reflector) in South Dakota. Great beginner star charts..when I am not chasing the faint fuzzies, I use these charts as a default. Seriously..one of the best Astronomy books out there!
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Updated version of a classic text!
29. Dezember 2007
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The overwhelming number of reviews for this book on Amazon is a testimonial to its stature as a classic introductory stargazing book. The fact that the reviews are uniformly positive testifies to its exceptional quality. Now in its fourth edition, Nightwatch has been introducing amateur astronomers to the night sky for over two decades. Terence Dickinson is a prolific astronomy author and this is one of his most important and enduring works.
This is essentially the same as the older editions, some of which I also own. Four new things have been added to the new edition. Tables and data have been update through 2018, there are now southern hemisphere charts (for a Northern hemisphere book, who cares?), there is an updated section on digital astrophotography and some updated information on buying a telescope. I have read many introductory stargazing books and I always find the information about buying a telescope the least interesting. More often than not, the telescope is purchased first and the book is purchased later. An extended section on purchasing a telescope after the fact, after the proverbial horse has left the barn, seems wasteful. Dickerson's section is interesting however. I have not read all his works, but I have read several and Dickerson has uniformly dismissed "go-to" telescopes in favor of "learning the sky." This may be worthwhile for the serious amateur astronomer, but the serious amateur already knows the sky. The true novice may be aided by a telescope that aids him in finding celestial objects so that his cold and dark nights don't end prematurely in frustration. The frustrated novice may never become the "serious" amateur astronomer who benefits from knowing the sky.
To my knowledge, this is the first book in which Dickerson embraces GPS-guided "go-to" telescopes which require no knowledge of the sky. In an age of light pollution when the opportunity to view the sky are diminishing for most of us urban dwellers, Dickerson acknowledges the utility of GPS telescopes which have become self-guiding and essentially "idiot-proof." If you can get it into the darkness and onto a tripod, it can find for you a celestial object. This is truly an amazing advance in amateur astronomy and Dickerson finally acknowledges and embraces this development.
As a book, this is a thorough introductory text on stargazing. It is concise and the prose is well-written. Anyone wanting to pursue astronomy as a serious hobby will undoubtedly want more, but this is an excellent starting point. And for nearly a quarter century, this is where many budding amateur astronomers have started. This text is recommended without reservations. If you want to learn the sky, start here.
This is essentially the same as the older editions, some of which I also own. Four new things have been added to the new edition. Tables and data have been update through 2018, there are now southern hemisphere charts (for a Northern hemisphere book, who cares?), there is an updated section on digital astrophotography and some updated information on buying a telescope. I have read many introductory stargazing books and I always find the information about buying a telescope the least interesting. More often than not, the telescope is purchased first and the book is purchased later. An extended section on purchasing a telescope after the fact, after the proverbial horse has left the barn, seems wasteful. Dickerson's section is interesting however. I have not read all his works, but I have read several and Dickerson has uniformly dismissed "go-to" telescopes in favor of "learning the sky." This may be worthwhile for the serious amateur astronomer, but the serious amateur already knows the sky. The true novice may be aided by a telescope that aids him in finding celestial objects so that his cold and dark nights don't end prematurely in frustration. The frustrated novice may never become the "serious" amateur astronomer who benefits from knowing the sky.
To my knowledge, this is the first book in which Dickerson embraces GPS-guided "go-to" telescopes which require no knowledge of the sky. In an age of light pollution when the opportunity to view the sky are diminishing for most of us urban dwellers, Dickerson acknowledges the utility of GPS telescopes which have become self-guiding and essentially "idiot-proof." If you can get it into the darkness and onto a tripod, it can find for you a celestial object. This is truly an amazing advance in amateur astronomy and Dickerson finally acknowledges and embraces this development.
As a book, this is a thorough introductory text on stargazing. It is concise and the prose is well-written. Anyone wanting to pursue astronomy as a serious hobby will undoubtedly want more, but this is an excellent starting point. And for nearly a quarter century, this is where many budding amateur astronomers have started. This text is recommended without reservations. If you want to learn the sky, start here.
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Very good but not perfect
17. März 2009
Format:Spiralbindung
Overall an excellent book. It has a great overview of astronomy, and some good guides in what to look for in a telescope and what to look at in a telescope once you have it. Then there are whole sky star maps, and maps broken down to smaller areas. It's got plenty of targets for binoculars and small scopes. So if you're just getting started and have binoculars, but no scope yet, this is a great book. Let me emphasize (as the book does) that a department store telescope is likely worse than a $20 binocular, because it will lead to more frustration than it is worth.
I do wish that the charts maybe had finder views of a few objects as well, perhaps in the bottom margin. A second important thing would be to warn users about what they CAN'T see from an urban or suburban location. You might think that magnitude 7-8 objects would be just visible, but many aren't. Many things that are easy from a dark sky site are very hard or impossible from a city. It doesn't emphasize this enough for beginners who don't have the experience to know this.
Other things to buy might be a plansiphere. Also a more detailed atlas like the Bright Star Atlas, The Cambridge Star Atlas, or for even more detail, the Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas. Keep in mind that the more detail you see, the more confusing it can be. And that's another strong point of this book. The charts in here are very easy to understand and non-threatening, perfect for beginners. And lastly, if you do get a telescope, Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them is a great book too. It has very detailed directions for finding everything in there. So if you can't find some of the objects in here, Turn left at Orion will probably help.
I also want to mention that the spiral binding works great for the star maps to keep the book easily open and flat.
I do wish that the charts maybe had finder views of a few objects as well, perhaps in the bottom margin. A second important thing would be to warn users about what they CAN'T see from an urban or suburban location. You might think that magnitude 7-8 objects would be just visible, but many aren't. Many things that are easy from a dark sky site are very hard or impossible from a city. It doesn't emphasize this enough for beginners who don't have the experience to know this.
Other things to buy might be a plansiphere. Also a more detailed atlas like the Bright Star Atlas, The Cambridge Star Atlas, or for even more detail, the Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas. Keep in mind that the more detail you see, the more confusing it can be. And that's another strong point of this book. The charts in here are very easy to understand and non-threatening, perfect for beginners. And lastly, if you do get a telescope, Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them is a great book too. It has very detailed directions for finding everything in there. So if you can't find some of the objects in here, Turn left at Orion will probably help.
I also want to mention that the spiral binding works great for the star maps to keep the book easily open and flat.
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