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Easy PC Astronomy		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	Easy PC Astronomy is the book for all those who want to make astronomical calculations easily and accurately. A simple but powerful script language called AstroScript is provided on a disk with the book, ready to use on any IBM Pc-type computer. Equipped with this the user can make complex calculations within minutes, with no expert knowledge of astronomy, maths or computer programming

 

A Walk Through The Heavens		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	A Guide to stars and Constellations and their Legends. Second Edition A walk through the heavens is a guide to the pathways of the night sky. Simplified maps of the constellations, together with instructions on how to gauge their sizes and the distanced between them, learn how the constellations were developed and the legends associated with them

 

The 20cm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	The 20cm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope is the most popular telescope in the world and more than ten thousand are purchased each year. This is a complete guide to the compact telescope which revolutionised amateur astronomy.

 

The Heavens on Fire		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	Imagine the night sky so full of shooting stars that the firmament itself seems to be crashing to Earth. The Heavens on Fire vividly tells the history of meteors, especially the spectatcular Leonid showers. It also goes on covering the great founding scientists, the history of meteors and the dangers posed to Earth from meteroites.

 

A Skywatches Year		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	Through 52 articles arranged week by week, A Skywatcher's Year guides readers to celestial events that occur or are visible with the naked eye and binoculars. Information rich, yet jargon free, this guide helps find prominent stars and constellations, bright star clusters and galaxies, and the prominent meteor showers.

 

Atlas of the Lunar Terminator		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	This Atlas contains electronic images of the Moon obtained at 47 different phases covering the lunar month. This observing guide and atlas is suitable for beginners and serious observers. By focussing on the terminator region(where day and night meet) the observer takes advantage of long shadows cast by the craters and mountains on the Moon

 

The Planet Observers Handbook		QTY: inc GST within Australia
	This is an informative, up-to-date and well-illustrated guide for amateur astronomers who wish to make useful observations of the solar system planets and asteroids. Now updated with the latest planet observing news and techniques.