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If you love astronomy & want to become an amateur astronomer, then these books are for you!
Ian Ridpath, "A Dictionary of Astronomy"
Oxford University Press, USA | 1998 | ISBN: 0192115960 | File type: PDF | 544 pages | 7 mb
Astronomy is expanding almost as rapidly as the universe itself, and the proliferating scientific jargon can sometimes baffle even the most dedicated amateur. Now, in some 4,000 concise, up-to-date entries, this dictionary cuts a clear path through the maze of complex technical language, offering full, clear definitions drawn from all aspects of astronomy. Compiled by Ian Ridpath, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and an expert team of contributors, A Dictionary of Astronomy contains the most recent entries from astrophysics and cosmology to galaxies and time.Here are succinct definitions for the Big Bang theory, comets, eclipses, Magellanic Clouds, Mars, quasar, relativity, and variable stars. Entries on telescopes and other measuring devices, observatories, space missions, and recently named Solar System objects show how astronomers have explored the universe. The Dictionary also provides biographical entries on eminent astronomers from Copernicus to Edwin Hubble From black hole to white dwarf, and from spiral galaxies to solar waves, A Dictionary of Astronomy opens a window on the universe for amateur astronomers everywhere.
A.E. Roy, D. Clarke, "Astronomy: Principles and Practice,4 Ed"
Taylor Francis | 2003 | ISBN: 0750309172 | 475 pages | File type: PDF | 5,9 mb
Text introduces the concepts and historical development of astronomy. Presents positional measurements and celestial mechanics, and describes the techniques and instrumentation of astronomical observation and measurement. For undergraduate students in physics and astronomy.
Schaum's Outline of Astronomy
Publisher: McGraw-Hill | pages: 304 | 2001 | ISBN: 0071364366 | File type: PDF | 16.7 mb
Provides a basic introduction to the topics covered in a beginning astronomy course, with an emphasis on problem-solving methods ordinarily taught on the fly or in ad-hoc tutorials - Closes the gap in student literature by providing a focused, comprehensive presentation
of basic astronomical problem-solving techniques - Readers learn by example with the help of more than 200 detailed problems and step-by-step solutions, supplemented with over 100 detailed charts and graphs - Designed to accompany all leading 100-level astronomy textbooks, or to be used as a stand-alone guide for amateur stargazers.
Martin Mobberley, "The New Amateur Astronomer"
Springer | 2004 | ISBN: 1852336633 | File type: PDF | 229 pages | 19.3 mb
Amateur astronomy has changed beyond recognition in less than two decades. The reason is, of course, technology. Affordable high-quality telescopes, computer-controlled 'go to' mountings, autoguiders, CCD cameras, video, and (as always) computers and the Internet, are just a few of the advances that have revolutionized astronomy for the twenty-first century. Martin Mobberley first looks at the basics before going into an in-depth study of whats available commercially. He then moves on to the revolutionary possibilities that are open to amateurs, from imaging, through spectroscopy and photometry, to patrolling for near-earth objects - the search for comets and asteroids that may come close to, or even hit, the earth.The New Amateur Astronomer is a road map of the new astronomy, equally suitable for newcomers who want an introduction, or old hands who need to keep abreast of innovations.
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