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On this page, I present a number of astronomy books that I bought myself (some of them as an online version). Most of my astronomy books are in German. This list can and does not claim to be complete in any way. It is merely a list of books that I "have come across" and may serve as suggestions for reading and practical use. I only list the books and refer readers to the publishers for more information.
Note: See also the pages
Note: I removed the link list for all books because they were redundant.
Quite elementary, but still useful in many cases, are the three small books planetscout, skyscout and moonscout from the Oculum publishing house (in German):
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101 Himmelsobjekte, die man gesehen haben muss | Atlas für Himmelsbeobachter | Sternatlas für Kleinteleskope |
This book is interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
This book is interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
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Right: 6th edition of the Deep Sky Reiseführer
These books are interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
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moonscout | Der Moonhopper | Reiseatlas Mond |
The following books/maps are in German:
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Atlas für Himmelsbeobachter | Sternatlas für Kleinteleskope | Deep Sky Reiseatlas und Reiseführer |
This book is interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
This book is interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
These books are interesting for both beginners and advanced users (in German):
This books dedicates one page with maps and details for (nearly) each Messier object (in German, no nice photos!):
This books dedicates mostly one page with maps and details to 100 Herschel objects and 10 further NGC/IC objects not observed by William Herschel (in German, no nice photos!):
Deep Sky Guide in slip case |
Taken out of the slip case... |
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This DSO guide with 2000 DSO (no nice photos!) is targeted at the advanced hobby astronomer. There is also an English edition!
The Deep Sky Guide is complemented by the Deep Sky Atlas:
Right: Objects highlighted by me with color pen
I do not own the following book (I do not do "real" astronomy photography); it was recommended to me by a star friend:
To my knowledge, the are no books on this topic available yet. For articles and Websites, see my link page.
History of the telescope:
Book and Website for users of Celestron NexStar telescopes:
Map of the sky quality in Germany (more):
Map of the sky quality in Europe (more):
Year books for the night sky:
23.09.2022 |