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which binocular books did you buy ?

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Stargazing For Beginners: A Binocular Tour of the Night Sky. I have the southern sky version, but find it quite good. Actually, I've had my most enjoyable nights with binoculars accompanied by this book, now that I think about it!

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incoming :

Leslie Portier   -   The Binocular Stargazer: A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Sky   
John T. Kozak  -   Deep-Sky Objects for Binoculars  

P.G. Meesters  -   Mijn sterrenwacht

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Before I got around to writing the book I wanted :grin: , I've had:

Patrick Moore: Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars - typical Patrick; divides opinion; no spoon-feeding/requires you to think. A bit dated now.

Crossen & Tirion: Binocular Astronomy - mainly for the charts (you know that anything by Wil Tirion will be very good)

Harrington: Touring the Universe Through Binoculars - over 1000 objects and superb object descriptions. A bit dated, but now available as a free download, so good for anyone on a budget.

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I indeed forgot :

Harrington         : Touring the Universe Through Binoculars

Thiemes Sterrenboek

Alders               : bouw je eigen sterrenkijker.

Koppeschaar    : de Maan                                   (http://carlkop.home.xs4all.nl/moonbook.html)

Upcoming    ^^^^ his book, due at either 5 December or the 25th December

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Stargazing For Beginners: A Binocular Tour of the Night Sky. I have the southern sky version, but find it quite good. Actually, I've had my most enjoyable nights with binoculars accompanied by this book, now that I think about it!

I really want this book! I'm going to Zambia in a fortnight and I cant find any binocular sky books for the Southern Hemisphere for sale anywhere from here in England. With me being very new to star-gazing I'm in particular need of such a book Please, if anyone can point me in the direction of any such book for the Southern Hemisphere it'd be much appreciated. Even Amazon dont have it, I'm desperate! 

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Hi Victoria, if you've a Kindle you can find some gems really cheap on Amazon. Although generally paper books are more usable outside, it might be easier to take electronic copies on a Kindle to Zambia than taking paper copies. If you've not got a Kindle machine, the Kindle app is available for loads of smartphones and tablets etc.

+1 for Tonkin and Harrington, but also check out Stephen James O'Meara's bincocular book ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Solar-System-Binoculars-Beginners/dp/0521741289/ref=la_B001H6S87S_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392073693&sr=1-4 ) and his Southern Gems book ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Sky-Companions-Stephen-James-OMeara/dp/1107015014/ref=la_B001H6S87S_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392073757&sr=1-5 )

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Hi Victoria, if you've a Kindle you can find some gems really cheap on Amazon. Although generally paper books are more usable outside, it might be easier to take electronic copies on a Kindle to Zambia than taking paper copies. If you've not got a Kindle machine, the Kindle app is available for loads of smartphones and tablets etc.

+1 for Tonkin and Harrington, but also check out Stephen James O'Meara's bincocular book ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exploring-Solar-System-Binoculars-Beginners/dp/0521741289/ref=la_B001H6S87S_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392073693&sr=1-4 ) and his Southern Gems book ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Sky-Companions-Stephen-James-OMeara/dp/1107015014/ref=la_B001H6S87S_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392073757&sr=1-5 )

Hey crebles, Dont have a Kindle, or a smart phone, or a lap top, or a tablet...:)

Really want the Gems of the Southern Sky one but after buying the Cambridge star Atlas last week, I just cant afford it. I wish I'd seen and bought this one instead :(

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Hi,

Specifically regarding binoculars I have:

Stargazing with binoculars(Scagell/Frydman) - good little book that got me going when I bought my 12x60s a few years ago.  

Binocular Aastronomy (Stephen Tonkin) read cover to cover - invaluable reference and a must for every astro binocular owner.

Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars (Bojan Kambic) - a nice Xmas present. Initially I was a bit disappointed with this - really promotes the use of 10x50 binos but then seems to illustrate many objects that you will not see in 10x50s. However once I got down to actually digesting it it - its a book with loads of useful information - I particularly like the detailed info on individual stars, clusters etc which many books either skimp a bit over or miss altogether.  

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+1 for O'Meara; and also

Sky Vistas: Astronomy for binoculars and richest-field telescopes by Crossen and Rhemann (Springer)

The title is a bit of a misnomer as the book is not just an observing guide but goes into the 3D structure of our galaxy, so of much wider interest. For me, it adds a lot to the pleasure of observation knowing that the object I'm looking at (eg M24) is actually a chance view to the next-but-one spiral arm through a window in the dust lanes.

However, for anyone tempted to acquire a copy: as noted in a thread on Cloudy Nights getting an original copy (rather than print-on-demand) is hit-and-miss -- mainly miss. And it makes a big difference as part of the point of this book is to showcase Gerald Rhemann's photos, which are highly degraded by the POD process. I got a poor copy via Alibris. Springer really need to get a grip on this. Having said all of that, the text, and coverage of binocular objects, is superb.

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I ended up with an original of Crossen's work simply by ordering it when released. Anymore, I try to get books as soon as I learn of them for fear they'll soon be out of print, or only to be had by POD. I have no interest in electronic "books". 

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Crebles

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I finally got my hands on a copy of Steve Tonkin's "Binocular Astronomy" (Seconds Edition) - it really is very good.

First half of the book tells you everything you could want to know about binocular astronomy, and the second half is full of sky maps. I think this one is going to end up living in my grab and go case along with my 'core' texts of Tirion's Cambridge Star Atlas 4th ed; Turn Left at Orion: Collins Gem Stars; and Philip Harrington's Cosmic Challenge.

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