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Rachel Findlay’s links for Absolute Beginners
Planisphere on amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Planisphere-Northern-Degrees-Astronomy/dp/054008817X
And a 'how to use a planisphere' page:
http://astronomy.sierracollege.edu/Courses/Astronomy05/Planisphere.htm
The two magazines that Klaus Schiller had:
http://www.astronomynow.com/
http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1
The large sky atlas that Klaus showed us:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sky-Atlas-2000-0-Wil-Tirion/dp/0933346875/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256750820&sr=1-5
And Norton's Star Atlas that was mentioned:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nortons-Star-Atlas-Ian-Ridpath/dp/0131451642/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256750820&sr=1-2
A book with colour photographs next to star maps (not sure if it's the same one that Klaus had with him):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photographic-Atlas-Stars-Whole-Plates/dp/0750306548/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256751064&sr=1-20
The Turn Left at Orion book, a good guide when starting observing:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turn-Left-Orion-Hundred-Telescope/dp/0521781906
Here is a link to the simulation software that Mark demonstrated:
http://www.stellarium.org/
(I've already downloaded it for a play — I especially like that you can change your location to the moon, or many other choices!)
And finally here are a couple of links that I found quite informative about buying a telescope:
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/telescope.html
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2281
That's all folks!
Rachel
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