a wonderful observer's resource

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Paddy

Well, its excellent, because they commissioned southern hemisphere observers to do the third volume covering all the constellations that they don't see in the wrong hemisphere......

Indeed! The attached is from the Foreword.

(I wonder where "New Zeeland" is? )

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by erick

Indeed! The attached is from the Foreword.

(I wonder where "New Zeeland" is? )

<pedant starts scanning erick's posts for typos/>

[kinetic (Steve)]

Certainly sounds like a great resource, thanks for the heads up.
One more pedant, Jenni is from Lobethal, not Loberthal!

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

<pedant starts scanning erick's posts for typos/>

won't take long to find several, I am sure!

[Paddy (Patrick)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

<pedant starts scanning erick's posts for typos/>

Yes, but Eric's posts are not put out by a publishing company. But perhaps they should - a new book of eric's helpful tips for newcomers.

[erick (Eric)]

Tip # 1 - buy all Eric's second-hand stuff for an exceedingly generous price, plus postage

[Paddy (Patrick)]

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by erick

won't take long to find several, I am sure!

I'm not suggesting you suffer from the disease Eric, but the "you're" vs "your" and "there" vs "their" errors drive me mad.

[Liz]

Woohoo - Volume 1 has just arrived - bought from US (Adorama) for total of $48 (inclu delivery) .... Volume 2 also on the way for a similiar price : )
Argo Navis arrived today too ..... now have to wait for another month or 2 for wet season to rack off
Bought new scope 2-3 weeks ago, and still havent used it

[Rokketboy (Jared)]

Originally Posted by Liz

Woohoo - Volume 1 has just arrived - bought from US (Adorama) for total of $48 (inclu delivery) .... Volume 2 also on the way for a similiar price : )
Argo Navis arrived today too ..... now have to wait for another month or 2 for wet season to rack off
Bought new scope 2-3 weeks ago, and still havent used it

I was just about to say, get them from the US. It is so much cheaper. Its unfortunate that you can get a book for half or less than what it costs here, shipped in from overseas.
Better World Books, Amazon, Book Depository(free worldwide shipping) are all good options.
I have used this site on occasion to compare prices http://www.booko.com.au/
Comes in handy and references some stores I had never come across.

[Liz]

Hey Jared, that Book Depository site is amazing - ordered 4 books there last week, inclu 1 astronomy site. Dont know how they can do it for the price
Will check out the sites you have there - love books

...oh, there is a US Depository site too, I have been using the UK one ... US one is cheaper again!!

[Rokketboy (Jared)]

Yeah the 2 Book Depositorys are usually fairly close. The US is cheaper on many but the UK is cheaper on others. Both are Awesomesauce!

[Ian Cooper]

Paddy,

just a comment in reference to your 18-11-2009 post. The four seasons that determine the first two volumes of "NSOG," are for the northern hemisphere where the main market is for these books. Vol's I & II were developed from a magazine format where keen observers sent in observations of many objects. This grew to a stage where it was suggested that these observations should be slightly standardized and formatted into a set of books with George (Bob) Kepple and Glenn Sanner as the lead authors. The other contributors are shown in the back of Vol I.

Vol III, The Southern Sky was an after thought, and although smaller in size because it covers less sky area (roughly from 40 degrees south to the SCP) I think personally that it has most of the best stuff anyway (time for a bit of southern hemisphere bias for a change).

Many N.H. observers are buying Vol III to prepare for a trip down here to see for themselves what we tend to take for granted. Having done that they can then go home and cry as they realize just how poor their sky really is!

Cheers

Coops

[Liz]

I now have the 3 of the Night Sky Observers Guide - havent had a big chance to check out properly - not good obseroing on FNQ in Summer. A quick flick thru shoes some amazing detail on all constellations!! All bought from Amazon for about $50 each