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Description: Reading Astronomical Society listings

Rank Title Author Added

1

by A. J. Meadows

6 members

Member: lastengland

2

The Invasion of the Moon, 1957-70 (Pelican)

16 members

4

Member: lastengland

3

Illustrated A-Z of Stars and Planets

by Ian Nicolson

4 members

Member: lastengland

4

Origins : How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began

by Stephen Eales

42 members

1 review

4

Member: lastengland

5

The Guinness Book of Astronomy

by Patrick Moore

89 members

1 review

3.2

Member: lastengland

6

Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars

by Patrick Moore

126 members

½ 3.6

Member: lastengland

7

Spaceship Earth

by Nigel Calder

17 members

Member: lastengland

8

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

9,427 members

187 reviews

3.9

Member: lastengland

9

Astronomy With a Budget Telescope

by Patrick Moore

17 members

Member: lastengland

10

The Orion Nebula: Where Stars Are Born

by C. Robert O'Dell

16 members

3

Member: lastengland

11

Telescopes and Techniques: An Introduction to Practical Astronomy

by Christopher R. Kitchin

63 members

3

Member: lastengland

12

Telescopes and Techniques - An Introduction to Practical Astronomy.

by Chris Kitchin

1 member

Member: lastengland

13

Stephen James O'Meara's Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars: A Simple Guide to the Heavens

by Stephen James O'Meara

29 members

2.8

Member: lastengland

14

All About Telescopes

65 members

1 review

4.2

Member: lastengland

15

Small Astronomical Observatories

by Patrick Moore

20 members

3

Member: lastengland

16

Astronomy with your Personal Computer

by Peter Duffett-Smith

50 members

4

Member: lastengland

17

The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations

by Michael E. Bakich

31 members

½ 3.3

Member: lastengland

18

The Deep Sky: An Introduction (Sky & Telescope Observer's Guides)

by Philip S. Harrington

16 members

4

Member: lastengland

19

Philip's Stargazing 2010

by Heather Couper

5 members

Member: lastengland

20

The search for life on Mars

by Julian A. Hiscox

3 members

Member: lastengland

21

Project Boreas: A Station for the Martian Geographic North Pole

by Charles S. Cockell

3 members

Member: lastengland

22

Night Sky Atlas: The Moon, Planets, Stars and Deep Sky Objects

by Robin Scagell

37 members

½ 3.7

Member: lastengland

23

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Exploration

by Richard S. Lewis

16 members

3

Member: lastengland

24

The Cambridge Double Star Atlas

by James Mullaney

34 members

½ 4.3

Member: lastengland

25

The Night Sky Month by Month

by DK

72 members

Member: lastengland

26

The Cambridge Star Atlas

173 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: lastengland

27

The Official Halley's Comet Book

by Brian Harpur

39 members

2

Member: lastengland

28

A Dictionary of Astronomy

90 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: lastengland

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Started: lastengland
July 2016
Type: Numbered and unnumbered, Adding restricted

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