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The Best Astronomy & Astrophotography Book: Backyard Astronomer's Guide
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- Do you want to learn more about astronomy & astrophotography? I'll walk you through an incredible book that will do just that, "The Backyard Astronomer's Guide". This amazing resource will expand your knowledge of the night sky, binoculars, telescopes and even how to image the heavens above. I appreciate Firefly Books for sending me the newest edition to review and share with you all.
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Music:
"The Thought of You" by TrackTribe
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
2:01 Part 1-Getting Started
3:35 Part 2-Choosing & Using a Telescope
5:25 Part 3-The Telescopic Universe
7:05 Part 4-Capturing the Cosmos
“The heavens declare the glory of God”-Psalm 19:1
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Thank you for the review! Glad you’ve enjoyed the book. It was a pleasure creating the book over the two years it took from project start in Sept 2019 until publication. And it was surprising how much had to be revised from the previous edition published “only” 10 years earlier. Thanks and clear skies!
I’ve included a link to your fine channel on our page of recommended CZcams Channels at the book’s website at backyardastronomy.com/youtube-channels/. Thanks again!
It is so wonderful to hear from you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Again, thank you for your hard work on this resource! It's helped so many people, including myself, get started with astronomy and astrophotography. Take care and clear skies!
Thank you for writing this essential book--and then re-writing it!
Hi Alan, thank you for having such a nice book. i learned a lot from it. it wasn't available in India. I had to get it imported and i had to wait for 2 months to get my book. But i am very proud of having this book. very few people in india have this book and i am one of them even now. Apart from other resources this book played big role in my visual astronomy and astrophotography journey. @Late Night Astronomy Thank you for spreading word about this amazing book.
@@avinashpatil3967 Thank you for making the extra effort to buy our book! We hope it will serve you well in exploring the sky.
Dickinson's 'Nightwatch' had a similar effect on me many years ago and I still pursue this glorious hobby.
That's one a number of people have mentioned! There are so many great books out there to get us into this hobby!
Nice review! Terence Anderson has been my guide since the early 1980s. In particular, he wrote the Edmund Sky Guide in the late 1970s that helped me get my feet wet, and the much more comprehensive Passport To The Stars (also for Edmund Scientific), which was a spectacular course in stargazing. When I returned to the hobby as an adult, just a few years ago, Anderson and Alan Dyer were there with the Backyard Astronomer's Guide, which was even more wide-ranging and beautifully produced. Thanks again for this review, and thanks to Terence and Alan for their work on this essential guide, which no doubt will find its way to my shelf in short order.
I appreciate your comment! I enjoyed putting this video together and sharing my experience with these books with you all!
The Backyard Astronomer's Guide and Nightwatch are my favourite basic amateur astronomy guides. Have the first editions of each from when I was a kid and just got into the hobby, and recently updated to the latest editions. They are the books I turn to whenever someone ask's me to recommend a book for beginners getting into the hobby.
I couldn't agree more. The new one goes deeper into astrophotography than I expected. It does such a fine job of spanning the experience levels.
Nice Review! Thanks so much. I ordered a copy as well. :-) In case others can benefit from it, one book I have found invaluable for astrophotography with a DSLR was Michael Covington's "Digital SLR Astrophotography", 2nd ed., Cambridge, 2018. I am simply amazed that every time I have a question about something regarding astrophotography, even if I think it's an obscure point, it's in the book! It's really a great resource to have on your bookshelf.
Thanks for the additional resource. I've read "The Deep Sky Imaging Primer" by Charles Bracken but will have to take a look at Covington's book!
i agree this is the best book around. i like this book because it goes into good detail. this book tells you what the best eyepieces are and how you can save money. great book.
It got me into this hobby over a decade ago and I still reference the newest edition before making big purchases!
I remember getting the 1st edition all those years ago and now that I'm getting back into astronomy buying the newest version was one of the first things I did.
It was a great starting point for me many years ago!
This is exactly the type of reading I’ve been looking for. I believe this will help me enjoy stargazing and astrophotography. Book will be here tomorrow.
It is a wonderful book and I hope you enjoy it!
I love this book. They’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.
It is one of the best on the topic.
Good book, Turn at the lef on Orion and TBAG are the books you NEED to own before starting in the hobby.
Some great suggestions you have!
Very nice
Thank you!
Had the 2nd edition and recently got the latest 4th edition. Have Night Watch too. Great books for those who are interested in our skies.
Yes, they really are!
Thanks for the video. I plan on getting the book today. Can’t wait to see it! I have been a space nut since watching Star Wars at the drive inn in the 70s.
Glad to hear it! Star Trek was one of my gateways into the hobby!!!
Thanks for the recommendation and wonderful review!!
You are so welcome!
Buying right now!!!
It's an amazing book and got me into this hobby years ago!
Nice review of this valuable resource. I only started my journey in astronomy and astrophotography last summer. I preordered this book last spring and it arrived in the fall. It is a great resource for a novice but also contains a wealth of information for the more advanced star gazer and imager. Your review definitely did it justice ! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada
I'm so glad to hear that! Take care and clear skies!
I have the previous edition, it is a good guide. Having owned various telescopes over the last 35 years, your videos got me interested in astrophotography, and I appreciate the information you've shared.
That is so nice to hear! The third edition was my go to book for astronomy for years! Glad I've been able to help you out and keep up the great work!
I love this channel, man!
Thank you very much! I'm a big fan of your work as well! The instagram Christmas countdown was excellent.
Love you from India 🇮🇳
Thank you for your support!
Wow! Thank you for this valuable information
My pleasure! It's a great book that I still reference for things in the night sky.
Thanks for the recommendation, just ordered it 🙂
Hope you enjoy it! This book did so much for me to get into this hobby!
Finally i got mine on hand really a great book help a lot 😊
The last edition helped me get into this hobby and I was pleased to see them come out with such a nice updated edition! Clear skies!
Awesome video!
Thank you!
I want an interesting astronomy book for my 16yo bro .. Kindly suggest
I would reccomend this one as the best to get someone into astronomy. Great information and visuals throguhout it.
Hi i am new with astronomy i just got a telescope a celestron starsense 114 lt az what do you think to begin with
This time of year I would start out exploring the Orion Constellation. Feel free to check out a video I did a few weeks ago on the best winter deep sky objects! Congrats on your telescope and stop back by with anymore questions!
I am a beginner and would like to buy this book
It got my into the hobby 15 years ago and is still a great one!
Greetings in regards to the maps around north america in the book does it only really cover the united states? or is there a map also covering Canada, in regards to light polution etc... thanks in advance.
It covers both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres equally with star maps and charts. You will be good to go unless you live in the North or South Pole :)
Congratulations i am an amateur astrophotographer and astronomer
Well done!
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@@LateNightAstronomy how many light frames must take for example lagoon nebula from light pollution area?????
@@user-hi3qg5nm1e That depends on a few factors. Check out my astrophotography playlist for some more detailed videos on how I shoot objects in the night sky.
@@LateNightAstronomy i captured lagoon nebula from light polluted sky with 278 light frames 100 bias 40 dark 30 flat and stacked them but the final image was not so good was not detailed and when you zoom the stars where not clear is this when you stack in deep sky stacker or not of course from light pollution area its not perfect but 278 are not enough ??????????
🤔 sounds like a cool book, a little outdated though… no offense, the best thing about being an amateur astronomer is that you never have to be always right to be the explorer you always want to be 👍
🤔 I wish the planning process of astrophotography mention something about Murphy’s law.
You are right! Things will go wrong with astrophotography!!!!
I'm puzzled as to why you say it is "a little outdated though", since the 4th edition was published in September 2021, and this video was published in January 2022. Do you mean that despite the revised content, it remains outdated, or were you referring to say, the 3rd edition, or do you mean that because the exploration aspect of astronomy means that the field moves so fast in some ways, every book becomes "a little outdated" in less than four months?
Just a obvious promotion to plug the book, so forced and all is fantastic etc....I won't bother, I'll stick with my copy of NIGHTWATCH
I've heard NightWatch is a wonderful book as well. I think they are actually both written by Terrence Dickinson. What impresses you about NightWatch?
@@LateNightAstronomy ....you think ???...it's supposed to have sold millions. I doesn't impress me , and to be honest TURN LEFT AT ORION is a much better book for beginners .
@@kelvinsmith6854 I'm glad you find "Turn Left at Orion" helpful. Thanks for suggesting these other options for beginners! It's wonderful how many great resources there are out there. Take care and clear skies!
Thank you for your presentation and review of The Backyard Astronomers Guide.
I recently borrowed the 3rd Edition of this book from my local library and found it to be superb. The downside was that the information on astrophotography was quite dated. I have just placed and order for the 4th Edition and can't wait to get my hands on it.
Being very new to astronomy and astrophotography, I'm certain the 4th Edition will be invaluable.
It will be for sure! The section on astrophotography not only is a good introduction to it but also gets into some pretty advanced techniques and equipment. Best of luck with your astrophotography and be sure to check out my playlist on astrophotography that covers several tutorials on the topic!