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myStart to Astronomy

22 July, 2012 at 4:44 pm Leave a comment

My pre-pre-infant steps towards astronomy. Will try to note down links and notes in this blog as I go along. Purpose? As I steal this phrase from somewhere, “undoubtly for a laugh”.

DVDs

(1) BBC Stargazing (p1, 2, 3, 4). Its youtube link.

YOUTUBE/ONLINE VIDEOS

(1) Astronomy and Nature TV, a great series of videos

(2) ‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009

EBOOKS/LECNOTES/FORUMS/BLOGS

(1) Sing Astro Forum 

(2) Department of Physics of The University of Hong Kong

(3) Star Hopping Guide to the Messier Marathon

(4) http://www.astronomylogs.com/index.html

SOFTWARES

(1) Stellarium for PC

(2) Google Skymap for Android phone

BUYING BINOCULARS/TELESCOPES

– http://www.singastro.org/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=32

– http://www.astro.sg/p/buying-telescope.html

– McGill Shop (Singapore)

[2012-09-01] First time joining Weixing in his obs in the grass field. I never see the moon so bright, so big! He helps to show me other stars and nebula. Man it is great! Much thanks to him. Now left with the question: where to start when I feel like a complete idiot evey time I look at an astronomy book ~.~

[2012-07-30] A quick online search for binoculars tells me that for beginners with a budget <USD200, Nikon Action 10×50 is quite good. Will read more about it and update here.

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