Astronomical Calendar 2007

by Guy Ottewell (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0934546522

ISBN-10: 0934546525

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Series: Astronomical Calendar
Paperback
Publisher: Sky Pub Corp (October 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0934546525
ISBN-13: 978-0934546522
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 11 x 15 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

2014 edition features an excellent new format

By James E. Cummings on December 28, 2013

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I've been getting Guy's calendar since 1998, and this year's model introduces some new formatting that's worth noting, and celebrating. The big change is that rather than having 2 pages for each month of the year, we now have 4 (with 6 in January). Among the excellent added monthly features are skydome charts for several latitudes (50N, Equator, 35S); AND three views from the typical 40N: evening, midnight, and pre-dawn. All this not only adds usability for folks living outside the Northern hemisphere temperate band covered by the typical default image in sky maps, but also offers a more expansive planetary perspective for those of us cultivating a more 3D sense of our cosmic neighborhood (which is likely many or most of Guy's readers....his Astronomical Companion is the bible for such inquiry). New monthly features include a short "wide sky" narrative about the yearly parade of views away from the Sun, and a scatter-map of telescopic targets for the month. And, more room to stretch out his "the planets this month" narrative a bit, and add a couple more images of evening or morning planets.

All this comes with a cost, of course; the 26 extra pages devoted to monthly highlights means less room for some of the annual overview information that has long filled the bulk the calendar. Gone are the centerfold sky dome maps; and coverage of planets, meteors, comets, eclipses may be slightly shorter, but is still substantial. The primary sacrifices are the long-time Fred Schaff essay on some aspect of the deep sky, and the recent inclusion of 2 or 3 special features (those with a library of annual calendars now have a good collection of timeless material from these features; Fred may well have pretty much covered what he wished to by now anyway).Read more ›

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Guy Ortwell's Astronomical Calendar

By JOHN STANFIELD on December 12, 2009

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I have purchased the last two annual Astronomical Calendar's written by Guy Ottewell, and will continue to purchase this wonderful work complete with the monthly sky charts and a wealth of information for anyone interested in viewing the night skies. It is extremely well written with graphic illustrations showing relative sizes of all of the planets, a calendar for all of the annual meteor showers, comets, asteroids and many other bits and pieces of technical information about our universe. I look forward to receiving my 2010 calendar.

John

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

The best annual astronomical almanac available!

By Troy Riedel on December 25, 2006

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Buyer beware: please do not be fooled by the title. This is NOT a calendar, but rather a very thorough (82-page) astronomical almanac. This is arguably the best astronomical resource an amateur astronomer can buy.

This power-packed almanac has almost everything an amateur astronomer could want:

(a) Monthly sky maps with recommended "telescopic" tour objects;

(b) Monthly observer highlights with date/times of significant astronomical events;

(c) Monthly east and/or west horizon & sky highlights charts for each month showing ecliptic and path/location of the evening and/or morning planets, sun & moon with significant conjunctions for the month;

(d) Detailed "strip-charts" of astronomical twilight, hours of "dark sky" and "moonlight" (which could interfere with dark sky observation);

(e) Detailed chapters re: lunar & solar eclipses;

(f) Corkscrew charts of the major Jovian and Saturian moons for each day of the year;

(g) Finder charts for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto;

(h) Meteor Showers (major & minor) with burst/outburst predictions (dates/times);

(i) Asteroids incl. finder charts for the big 5;

(j) Comets with brightness predictions and detailed finder charts;

(k) Occultations incl. binocular & telescope events;

(l) And even general information re: measuring light pollution, magnitude, significant spaceflight information, and a small section on selected deep-sky profiles.

And I haven't even mentioned it contains one of the best astronomical glossaries of any astronomy book on my bookshelf.

Admittedly, this almanac looks intimidating to beginner's.Read more ›

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Excellent Star Reference

By M. E. Reilly on February 25, 2006

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My Dad requests this calendar every year. It is well worth the expense. He refers to it often throughout the year. This year we were especially happy with the cover which depicts Navajo constellations. As Dad is an amateur expert on Indian Lore, this was of special interest to him.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Yearly must have

By A. D. Liechty on April 2, 2012

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I have gotten one of these every year for about a decade and every year that I think I can go without, by March I have bought one. Almost a too much information publication, after a bit of reading it is easy to figure the sections that are relevant and those I will not use. The format is large, quite a bit larger that a regular magazine so I don't use it at the telescope-- it's not about star charts as much as it is about times and dates of events. The quality and comprehensiveness astounds me sometimes.

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Astronomical Calendar

By James E Rodgers on July 14, 2010

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As a science teacher I find this publication to be an excellent reference for the many aspects of visual astronomy and in general for the history of the space research programs. Each month has an illustration of the evening stars/constellations with the positions and monthly motions of the visible planets and moon. In addition to the sky chart, there is the daily description of the various astronomical events or histories relevant for that month. The latter section of the Astronomical Calendar is filled with in depth topics on: the individual planets, the moon and its attendant eclipses, comets, asteroids, and finally a summary discussion of the various national and international space programs. Perhaps the one noted limitation of the calendar is its focus of the constellations of the northern hemisphere.

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