Review: Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes

[iceman]

Hi All

Trevor (OneOfOne) has kindly written a book review of Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes.

You can read the review on the IceInSpace Reviews (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/?reviews) page, or directly by clicking on the link below:

Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=46,343,0,0,1,0)

Many thanks to Trevor for writing the review!

If you'd like to submit an article or a review for IceInSpace, it would be much appreciated! Please contact me.

[iceman]

Article uploaded.

[glenc]

Hartung's list of DSO is at:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=15207&highlight=hartung

[Argonavis]

A file suitable for uploading to the Argonavis digital setting circles is at the "Files" section of the Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer User's Group at yahoo groups:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/argo_navis_dtc/?yguid=210649769

Note that you need to be a member to access the file. This file includes the full 1000+ objects in this book.

[tnbk00]

There seems to be a few different versions of this book, aside from the second edition, Can someone lucky enough to own this book please post the isbn for me :) or let me know the best place to get a copy.

Ta

Daniel

[Dennis]

My hardback 2nd edition is as follows:

ISBN 0 522 84553 3.
Melbourne University Press
1995

Cheers

Dennis

[tnbk00]

Awesome thanks heaps

[Gargoyle_Steve]

Good luck with your quest, but as discussed here fairly recently it may not be that easy to find a copy ....

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=17242&highlight=Hartungs+print

I wish you good hunting!

[UniPol]

I recall back in 1969 when I was a cadet engineer in Sydney haunting the various second hand bookshops in George St, Sydney. Hartung's "Astronomical Objects" must have been in the window of one of the bookshops for a couple of months at least but at a cost of $6.75 it made a fair dent in my $30 a week pay packet. I gave in to temptation and can honestly say it is the most memorable and satisfying book purchases I have ever made. It has been used on countless occasions, lent out to various fellow amateur astronomers over the years yet is still in quite excellent condition. I bought the 2nd Edition in 1995 from Melbourne University Press at a far greater cost of course and while it is a great book it did not evoke the same feeling I had for the 1st Edition. These days both books sit in the bookshelf except when I read this thread, now it is time to re-acquaint myself with a couple of old friends.

A word of advice, cover your books with a good quality plastic sleeve/dust jacket in the first instance, it will keep them in perfect condition for many years. I have attached some scanned pages of the 1st Ed for people who may be interested.

[DSO]

I love this book. I lugged a copy of the hardback edition back from Australia to the UK in 1997, well worth it.

[CoombellKid]

Yes it is an awesome book, a must for every southern telescope owner. but
as mentioned above is becoming harder to find.

regards,CS

[Greenswale]

The book is available through Amazon Books in the US.

I have just taken delivery of my copy - absolutely superb. Cost was around $170.00 Aust.

Even smells like a 'proper' book!!

[Merlin66]

I was in South Africa in the 1970's when I heard about Hartung's book. I was lucky enough to be able to contact him and request his help to find a copy; he did better than that, he sent me one of his copies which he had annotated with corrections.... certainly a wonderful piece of work.... will always be in the library.....
Unfortunately by the time I came to Oz, he had died and the bushfires wiped out the observatory; I did go up to Lavender Farm just to see..............