Recomended Reading

[Glazious]

Hello Everyone,

I am a new to Astronomy and I am just trying to give myself a good knowledge foundation. A friend as lent me "Turn left at Orion", which is great but a little bit to heavy from me at the moment, can any recommend any other books that may suit me.

[Space Beagle]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

How about these:

The Haynes Astronomy Manual - A good introduction to the subject starting with the basics.

The Practical Astronomer - A Dorling Kindersley book, similar to the above.

The Backyard Astronomers Guide by Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer - Similar to the above but bigger and does go into further detail, a very good book!

Hope these suggestions help!

Doc

[umadog]

Turn Left at Orion is a field guide. It'll help you find things but isn't so much of an armchair read. You might find "Seeing in the dark" by Timothy Ferris to be more up your street. It's not an astronomy guide, but a description of what it's like to explore astronomy. There're plenty of facts thrown in too, of course.

[Glazious]

Thanks for the recomendations eveyone, looks like I have plenty of reading to do!!

[onesmallstep]

A classic book / TV series is Cosmos by Carl Sagan, a very comprehensive overview of astronomy that has needed minimal updating since it was first published in the 1970s.

[glowjet]

Night Watch by Terence Dickinson comes well recommended