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January-February 2003
Volume 91, Number 1
DOI: 10.1511/2003.11.0
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The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide,Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer. 320 pp. Firefly Books, 2002. $49.95
It’s a good bet that most of the nearly 500,000 astronomy hobbyists in North America have read something by Terence Dickinson or Alan Dyer. The stellar duo have recently updated their 1991 classic for the beginning stargazer, The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide (Firefly Books, $49.95). Few books capture the spirit of the hobby so well—the pleasures and the pitfalls of the equipment you might need, and the simple joy of watching the universe go by.
From The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide.
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