Good book aimed at beginners of astronomy but needs a bit more information and guides
This guidebook is helpful for those just getting into astronomy with a telescope. The book has a list of 50 top celestial bodies and objects to view with a telescope and the information it includes does a good job of introducing those objects. With details of visibility, descriptions, directions to find them, significance, origin, and some pop trivia, it’s a concise and not too wordy summary to get one interested without being overwhelmed. If your interest is piqued for more in-depth information and knowledge, you can always do additional research on your own at your local library or online.
While being aimed at those new to the world of astronomy and telescope viewing, this book falls short in the area of directions and guiding readers in finding the celestial objects. The book uses constellations as the point of reference in it’s directions. A chapter introducing all the constellations referenced in the directions with additional pictures and diagrams of the constellations would be extremely beneficial to the reader. Coordinates and more detailed directions would be helpful as well in assisting or training the new astronomer.
The book includes some stunning color pictures and I feel it would definitely benefit from more pictures of the celestial bodies being included in correspondence with the related chapter. Don’t get me wrong, this is a good introductory book and it gets a solid 4 stars from me, but with additional diagrams, pictures, and with more fleshed out instructions I would give this book 5 stars(Sol, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Sirius, Arcturus).
I received a copy of this Astronomy with a Home Telescope book for an honest and unbiased review.
4/5 Stars
RC Reviews 