--- product_id: 1699013 title: "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide" price: "249 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/1699013-the-backyard-astronomers-guide store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Backyard Astronomer's Guide **Price:** 249 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Backyard Astronomer's Guide - **How much does it cost?** 249 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/1699013-the-backyard-astronomers-guide) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The modern classic, completely updated. The newest edition of The Backyard Astronomer's Guide includes the latest data and answers the questions most often asked by home astronomers, from beginners to experienced stargazers. Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer provide expert guidance on the right types of telescopes and other equipment; photographing the stars through a telescope; and star charts, software and other references. They cover daytime and twilight observing, planetary and deep-sky observing, and much more. With over 500 color photographs and illustrations, The Backyard Astronomer's Guide is one of the most valuable, beautiful and user-friendly astronomy books ever produced. New and updated for this edition: A 20-page full-color Atlas of the Milky Way provides location and context for hundreds of celestial objects mentioned throughout the book. A chapter on Astrophotography with Digital Cameras specifies what equipment works best and how to use it to collect a color gallery of celestial portraits. Telescopes for Recreational Astronomy features assessments of a wide range of new telescopes, from models for beginners to those for veteran astronomy enthusiasts, with special emphasis on computerized telescopes and how they work. Accessory Catalog spotlights the best of the accessories and flags the frivolous and irrelevant. Three practical appendices : Polar Aligning Your Telescope; Optics Cleaning and Collimation; Testing Your Telescope Optics. Any serious home astronomer must have this superb guide as an ongoing reference. Review: Best book I've purchased yet - wish I had bought this 6 months ago when I was buying my first telescope. - I ordered The Backyard Astronomer's Guide solely on the advice which I'd seen given to beginners to the astronomy hobby by countless members in Cloudy Nights forums. When the package arrived (I got a notice from the post office because it was too big and couldn't fit in my mailbox) I was not expecting to receive it so soon, so did not know what I was collecting. I was totally surprised, first by the encyclopedic size of the book and after flipping through the 368 glossy pages, by the amount of content which is so relevant to all of those areas of astronomy and astro-photography that as a beginner, I'm eager to learn about. Robert Burnham's foreword got me all psyched up about the new knowledge promised in the pages to follow and his comment that "This is by far the best book I know of for helping anyone become a knowledgeable stargazer." could not have described the book any better. The book is very well laid out, excellent table of contents and comprehensive index make planning of reading sessions and finding specific information a breeze. Stunning photographs support very well written tips and techniques about almost every aspect of the hobby. Great value for money and a book that no new amateur astronomer should be without. This is not a book for the shelf, but for the sofa table where I can grab it whenever there's a spare moment! Review: Great book for those who are new to astronomy! - Being new to astronomy, I bought this book as a guide. I give it 5 stars, because it's packed with useful information for any "newbie" backyard astronomer. My only caveat is that this book is meant as a guide for those who HAVE NOT purchased a telescope yet. I had already purchased mine, so the chapter explaining the various types of telescopes, and the pros and cons of each type, were (more or less) irrelevant to me at that point. Having said that, there are chapters devoted to selecting eyepieces, accessories, "must haves," and "totally useless" items... things that might seem like they'd be great... but aren't. The eyepiece section alone was worth the price of the book, because the eyepiece is truly the "heart" of any telescope, and making the right choice in an eyepiece is critical. This book offers advice for budget-minded astronomers as well as "money is no object" astronomers. For those who are new to telescopes, finding the right eyepieces can be a puzzling and somewhat overwhelming task, considering all the choices there are. I made some selections based on the information in this book, and so far, I have not been disappointed! I'm also planning to work my way up to astrophotography, so there is a lot of useful information in that chapter that will help me when the time comes. Overall, this book is packed with useful information for beginners, and even for those with a little more experience. If you haven't bought a telescope yet, this book is a great (and reasonably cheap) place to start your research. Be warned, though... it's big and heavy, and is about the size of a college textbook (a big one!), so it's not a book you can curl up with and hold comfortably for hours on end. Aside from that, it's a perfect and highly recommended book for those who are thinking about buying a telescope, or who already have, and need some guidance on finding accessories or exploring the skies. If you already have a telescope and don't need help with accessories, I'd also recommend "Nightwatch: a Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe" by Terrance Dickinson. Another great book for beginners, and includes star maps and charts! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,361,299 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #251 in Star-Gazing (Books) #1,815 in Astronomy (Books) #2,458 in Photograpy Equipment & Techniques | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 575 Reviews | ## Images ![The Backyard Astronomer's Guide - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51dP0MzPofL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book I've purchased yet - wish I had bought this 6 months ago when I was buying my first telescope. *by T***7 on September 19, 2011* I ordered The Backyard Astronomer's Guide solely on the advice which I'd seen given to beginners to the astronomy hobby by countless members in Cloudy Nights forums. When the package arrived (I got a notice from the post office because it was too big and couldn't fit in my mailbox) I was not expecting to receive it so soon, so did not know what I was collecting. I was totally surprised, first by the encyclopedic size of the book and after flipping through the 368 glossy pages, by the amount of content which is so relevant to all of those areas of astronomy and astro-photography that as a beginner, I'm eager to learn about. Robert Burnham's foreword got me all psyched up about the new knowledge promised in the pages to follow and his comment that "This is by far the best book I know of for helping anyone become a knowledgeable stargazer." could not have described the book any better. The book is very well laid out, excellent table of contents and comprehensive index make planning of reading sessions and finding specific information a breeze. Stunning photographs support very well written tips and techniques about almost every aspect of the hobby. Great value for money and a book that no new amateur astronomer should be without. This is not a book for the shelf, but for the sofa table where I can grab it whenever there's a spare moment! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for those who are new to astronomy! *by T***R on June 24, 2016* Being new to astronomy, I bought this book as a guide. I give it 5 stars, because it's packed with useful information for any "newbie" backyard astronomer. My only caveat is that this book is meant as a guide for those who HAVE NOT purchased a telescope yet. I had already purchased mine, so the chapter explaining the various types of telescopes, and the pros and cons of each type, were (more or less) irrelevant to me at that point. Having said that, there are chapters devoted to selecting eyepieces, accessories, "must haves," and "totally useless" items... things that might seem like they'd be great... but aren't. The eyepiece section alone was worth the price of the book, because the eyepiece is truly the "heart" of any telescope, and making the right choice in an eyepiece is critical. This book offers advice for budget-minded astronomers as well as "money is no object" astronomers. For those who are new to telescopes, finding the right eyepieces can be a puzzling and somewhat overwhelming task, considering all the choices there are. I made some selections based on the information in this book, and so far, I have not been disappointed! I'm also planning to work my way up to astrophotography, so there is a lot of useful information in that chapter that will help me when the time comes. Overall, this book is packed with useful information for beginners, and even for those with a little more experience. If you haven't bought a telescope yet, this book is a great (and reasonably cheap) place to start your research. Be warned, though... it's big and heavy, and is about the size of a college textbook (a big one!), so it's not a book you can curl up with and hold comfortably for hours on end. Aside from that, it's a perfect and highly recommended book for those who are thinking about buying a telescope, or who already have, and need some guidance on finding accessories or exploring the skies. If you already have a telescope and don't need help with accessories, I'd also recommend "Nightwatch: a Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe" by Terrance Dickinson. Another great book for beginners, and includes star maps and charts! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Unbelievably great astronomy book... *by K***T on August 17, 2010* Being new to backyard Astronomy, I was a little hesitant to spend the money on this book, as it seemed to be a little expensive. I read a few of the reviews and decided to take the plunge. Now that this book is in my hands, you would have quite a challenge prying it away from me. The authors, Dickenson and Dyer have covered EVERYTHING that I could think of, and then some. The chapter on eyepieces alone was worth the cost of the book, and I made two purchases based upon this info alone. I'm glad I did. They eyepieces that I purchased as a result have really increased the quality of my viewing. The photos are beautiful and most are taken by the authors. The Milky Way, Galaxies, Nebulas, Constellations, Planets are all in this book along with how best to enjoy or photograph them. Also not really easy to tell online is the size of this book. It is a glossy, coffee table quality book with all of the technical info that I was looking for, and then some. After scanning and reading the sections of greatest interest, I am now going back through and reading each chapter in full. I never do that in this type of book, but this one is too good to miss anything. After having this book for a couple of months, I can honestly say that it is one of my most prized astronomy possessions. I cannot think of any case where I got so much really useful information about a subject that I love for so little money. 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