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CEDAR AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS - BOOK AND MEDIA LIST, 08/24/2013 Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 1 The Measure of the Universe Asimov, Isaac 1983 2 3 Exploring the Cosmos Berman, Louis; Evans, J.C. 1980 4 New Handbook of the Heavens Bernhard; Bennett; Rice 1941 5 6 Introduction to Astronomical Image Processing Berry, Richard 1991 7 8 Guide to Observing the Moon British Astronomical Association 1986 9 Star & Planet Spotting Brown, Peter Lancaster 1974 10 Exercises in Practical Astronomy/Photographs Bruck, M.T. 1990 11 12 Celestial Basic Astronomy on Your Computer Burgess, Eric 1982 13 The Comet is Coming Calder, Nigel 1980 14 In The Presence of the Creator Christianson, Gale E. 1984 15 The Historical Supernovae Clark, David H.; Stephenson, F. Richard 1977 16 Superstars Clark, David H. 1984 17 Left Turn at Orion Consolmagno, Guy; Davis, Dan M. 1989 18 19 About Time Davies, Paul 1995 20 21 Atlas of the Planets De Callatay, Vincent; Dollfus, Audouin 1967 22 23 Starlist 2000 Dibon-Smith, Richard 1992 24 25 International Halley Watch/Manual for Comet Studies Edberg, Stephen J. 1983 26 Deep-Sky Observing With Small Telescopes Eicher, David J. 1989 27 Stars and Planets Ekrut, Joachim 2000 Page 1 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 28 Dynamic Astronomy 5th Edition Gainer, Michael 1989 29 30 One Two Three. Infinity Gamow, George 1947 31 32 Microcomputers in Astronomy Fairborn Observatory 1983 33 The Astronomers Sourcebook Gibson, Bob 1992 34 Nemesis, The Death-Star and Other Theories Goldsmith, Donald 1985 35 Frozen Star Greenstein, George 1983 36 Beachheads in Space Grey, Jerry 1983 37 38 39 Astronomical Photometry Henden, Arne A.; Kaitchuck, Ronald H. 1982 40 Standard Handbook for Telescope Making Howard, N.E. 1959 41 The Telescope Handbook and Star Atlas Howard, Neale E. 1967 42 Evolution from Space Hoyle, Sir Fred; Wickramasinghe, Chandra 1981 43 The Nature of the Universe Hoyle, Fred 1950 44 Planetary Interiors Hubbard, William B. 1984 45 The Amateur Astronomer's Pathfinder Humphrey, Colin 1992 46 The Classification of Stars Jaschek, Carlos; Jaschek, Mercedes 1987 47 Red Gians and White Dwarfs Jastrow, Robert 1967 48 The Practical Astronomer Jones, Brian 1990 49 Life on Other Worlds Jones, H. Spencer 1949 50 51 100 Billion Stars Kippenhahn, Rudolf 1983 52 53 The Visibility of Deep-Sky Objects, Volume 4 Klein, Fred 1981 54 The Visibility of Deep-Sky Objects, Volume 5 Klein, Fred 1981 55 Search for the Fifth Dark Matter Essence in the Univ Krauss, Lawrence M. 1989 Page 2 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 56 Study Guide for Project: Universe Second Edition Coast Community Colleges Southern CA Conso1978 57 Observing Variable Stars, A Guide for the Beginner Levy, David H. 1989 58 The Sky Levy, David H. 1991 59 Space in the 21st Century Lewis, Richard S. 1990 60 60 Monsters in the Sky Maffei, Paolo 1976 62 Catalog of Cometary Orbits Marsden, Brian G. 1983 63 The Observer's Guide to Astronomy Volume 1 Martinez, Patrick 1987 64 The Observer's Guide to Astronomy Volume 2 Martinez, Patrick 1987 65 A Key to the Heavens (Insight into Astronomy) Mattersdorf, Leo 1956 66 The Sky Observer's Guide Golden Handbook 1959 67 Skyshooting, Hunting the Stars with Your Camera Mayall, R. Newton; Mayall, Margaret L. 1949 68 69 Astronomical Algorithms Meeus, Jean 1991 70 71 Stars and Planets Menzel, Donald H.; Pasachoff, Jay M. 1994 72 Star Atlas Edited/Intro Mitton, Jacqueline; Mitton, Simon 1979 73 Astronomy, A Self-Teaching Guide Moche, Dinah L. 1978 74 75 76 1979 Yearbook of Astronomy Moore, Patrick; Editor 1979 77 Sky Watcher's Handbook Muirden, James; Editor 1993 78 The Nature of Matter Multiple; Mulvey, J.H., Editor 1981 79 80 Imaging the Universe Mutel, R.L. (Copyright) 1995 81 Introduction to Cosmology Narlikar, Jayant V. 1983 82 The Cambridge Deep-Sky Album Newton, Jack 1983 83 Advanced Amateur Astronomy North, Gerald 1991 Page 3 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 84 85 86 Stars in the Making Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia 1952 87 The Planet Jupiter, The Observer's Handbook Peek, Bertrand M. 1958 88 Variable Stars Petit, M. 1982 89 90 Astronomical Photography at the Telescope Rackham, Thomas 1959 91 92 Dark Sky Legacy Reed, George 1989 93 Extraterrestrials, Science and Alien Intelligence Regis Jr., Edward; Editor 1985 94 Outdoor Optics Robinson, Leif J. 1989 95 The Practical Astronomer Ronan, Colin A. 1981 96 97 Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey, Instructor's Manual Safko, John 1978 98 Cosmos Sagan, Carl 1980 99 The Cosmic Connection, An Extraterrestrial Perspec Sagan, Carl 1973 100 The Dragons of Eden Sagan, Carl 1977 101 Seeing the Solar System Schaaf, Fred 1991 102 103 Comets, Vagabonds of Space Seargent, David A. 1982 104 Astronomy, Selected Readins Seeds, Michael A.; Editor 1980 105 Photography in Astronomy, Eastman Kodak Selwyn, E.W.H. 1950 106 Your Guide to the Sky Shaffer, Rick 1994 107 Of Stars and Men Shapley, Harlow 1958 108 A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy Sherrod, P. Clay 1981 109 The Amateur Radio Astronomer's Handbook Shields, John Potter 1986 110 111 Observational Astronomy for Amateurs Sidgwick, J.B. mcmlv 112 Observational Astronomy for Amateurs, Revised Sidgwick, J.B. 1982 Page 4 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 113 Is Anyone Out There? Stoneley, Jack 1974 114 SuperWorlds Strickland, Joshua 1975 115 We Are Not Alone Sullivan, Walter 1964 116 Celestial Mechanics, A Computational Guide Taff, Laurence G. 1985 117 How to Build Your Own Observatory Telescope Making Magazine Reprints 1990 118 How to Make a Telescope Texereau, Jean 1963 119 How to Make a Telescope Texereau, Jean 1984 120 924 Elementary Problems and Answers in Solar Sys Van Allen, James A. 1993 121 A Workbook for Astronomy Waxman, Jerry 1984 122 Whitney's Star Finder Whitney, Charles A. 1974 123 Parallel Universes Wolf, Fred Alan 1988 124 125 126 Welcome to the Moon Kelsey, Robert Bruce 1997 127 128 Galileo: Exploration of Jupiter's System NASA 1985 129 The Case for Space Hardersen, Paul S. 1997 130 131 132 133 The Three Big Bangs Dauber, Philip M.; Muller, Richard A. 1996 134 Stellar Structure and Evolution Kippenhahn, R.; Weigert, A. 1990 135 Meteor Astronomy Lovell, A. C. B. 1954 136 Moons & Planets Hartmann, William K. 1993 137 Compact Stars, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics & Glendenning, Norman K. 1997 138 Intelligent Life in the Universe Shklovskii, I.S.; Sagan, Carl 1966 139 A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler Dreyer, J.L.E. 1953 140 Cosmic Wormholes, The Search for Interstellar Short Halpern, Paul 1992 141 The Story of Variable Stars Campbell, Leon; Jacchia, Luigi 1941 Page 5 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 142 143 Star-Hopping for Backyard Astronomers MacRobert, Alan M. 1993 144 The Case for Mars, The Plan to Settle the Red Plane Zubrin, Robert 1996 145 The Quest for Comets; An Explosive Trail of Beauty Levy, David H. 1994 146 Everybody's Comet, Comet Hale-Bopp Hale, Alan 1996 147 Searching for Comets Hall, Louis Brewer 1990 148 Quasars Kahn, F.D.; Palmer, H.P. 1967 149 Observing Visual Double Stars Couteau, Paul 1981 150 UFO Guidebook Briazack, Norman J.; Mannick, Simon 1978 151 Making & Enjoying Telescopes Miller, Robert; Wilson, Kenneth 1997 152 Stars and Clouds of the Milky Way Oort; Struve;Bok; Shapley;Pannekoek;Van Rhij1968 153 Cosmic Collisions Desonie, Dana 1996 154 155 156 Planet Quest Croswell, Ken 1997 157 The Astronomy Cafe Odenwald, Sten 1998 158 The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery Liller, William 1992 159 160 Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters Spitzer, Jr., Lyman 1987 161 The Friendly Guide to the Universe Hathaway, Nancy 1994 162 Rendezvous in Space, The Science of Comets Brandt, John C.; Chapman, Robert D. 1992 163 Binary Stars, A Pictorial Atlas Terrell, Dirk; Mukherjee, J.D.; Wilson, R.E. 1992 164 165 Color Star Atlas Moore, Patrick 1973 166 167 168 The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy Multiple 1977 169 Excursions in Astronomical Optics Mertz, Lawrence 1996 170 Solar Radio Astronomy Kundu, Mukul Ranjan 1965 Page 6 Book and Media List August 24, 2013.xlsx Bk, CD, REF # DVD BOOK, CD OR DVD CD TITLE AUTHOR DATE 171 Star Ware Harrington, Philip S. 1994 172 Our Evolving Universe Longair, Malcolm S. 1996 173 Catalogue of the Universe Murdin, Paul; Allen, David 1979 174 Exploration of the Universe, Third Edition Abell, George O. 1964 175 Life in the Universe Heidmann, Jean 1989 176 The Hubble Wars, Astrophysics Meets Astropolitics Chaisson, Eric J. 1994 177 Astronomy, Journey to the Cosmic Frontier Fix, John D. 1995 178 Astronomy, A History of Man's Investigation of the U Hoyle, Fred 1962 179 A Meeting with the Universe NASA 1981 180 Before the Beginning; Our Universe and Others Rees, Martin 1997 181 Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Volume 1 Bohm-Vitense, Erika 1989 182 Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Volume 2 Bohm-Vitense, Erika 1989 183 184 City Astronomy Scagell, Robin 1994 185 186 Beyond the Solar System Eicher, David J. 1992 187 Hunting Down the Universe Hawkins, Michael 1997 188 189 190 191 The Dobsonian Telescope Kriege, David; Berry, Richard 1997 192 How to Use Your Telescope Popular Optics Library 1972 193 Mapping and Naming the Moon Whitaker, Ewen A.
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