Book, Video and Software Library List

Any of these items may be checked out by contacting Chris Dennis. I usually bring all available items to the monthly meetings so people can look through them and check them out if they wish.

BOOKS
  1. AMAZING UNIVERSE, The Herbert Friedman (1975).
  2. ASTRONOMY, 2nd Ed. John D. Fix
  3. ASTRONOMY, A GROSSET ALL-COLOR GUIDE Ian Nicholson (1971).
  4. ASTRONOMY, AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE AMATEUR Jacqueline Mitton (1978)
  5. BACKYARD ASTRONOMER'S GUIDE, THE Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer (1991)
  6. BLACK HOLES, QUASARS & THE UNIVERSE Harry Shipman (1976) 2 copies.
  7. BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME FROM THE BIG BANG TO BLACK HOLES, A Stephen Hawking (1988).
  8. BUILD YOUR OWN TELESCOPE Richard Berry (1994).
  9. BURNHAM'S CELESTIAL HANDBOOK Robert Burnham Jr. (1978) Vol. 1-3.
  10. CAMBRIDGE DEEP-SKY ALBUM, THE Jack Newton & Philip Teece (1983).
  11. CELESTIAL OBJECTS FOR COMMON TELESCOPES, T.W. Webb (1962) Vol. 1-2.
  12. COLLAPSING UNIVERSE, THE STORY OF BLACK HOLES, Issac Asimov (1977).
  13. COLOR & LIGHTING IN NATURE David K. Lynch & William Livingston 2nd Ed. (2001).
  14. COMET IS COMING!,THE Nigel Calder (1980).
  15. COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY Timothy Farris (1988).
  16. COSMIC CODE, THE Heinz Pagels (1982).
  17. COSMIC CONNECTION, THE Carl Sagan (1973).
  18. COSMIC FRONTIERS William Suggs (1985).
  19. COSMIC LANDSCAPE Michael Rowan-Robinson (1979).
  20. COSMOLOGY, 3rd. Ed. Michael Rowan-Robinson (1996).
  21. COSMOLOGY REVEALED: LIVING INSIDE THE COSMIC EGG Anthony Fairall (2001).
  22. COSMOS, THE Time-Life Books.
  23. COSMOS Carl Sagan (1988).
  24. CRAB NEBULA, THE Simon Mitton (1978).
  25. DAYTIME STAR, THE STORY OF OUR SUN Simon Mitton (1981).
  26. DIARY OF A COSMONAUT: 211 DAYS IN SPACE Valentin Lebedev.
  27. DISCOVERING THE UNIVERSE William Kaufmann & Neil Comins (1996) 2 copies.
  28. ELEGANT UNIVERSE, THE Brian Greene (1999).
  29. EXPLODING SUNS: THE SECRETS OF THE SUPERNOVAS, THE Issac Asimov (1985).
  30. EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY MATERIALS 1990-2000 National 'Research Council (1990) Pamphlet.
  31. EXTRAVAGANT UNIVERSE, THE Robert Kirschner
  32. FAR PLANETS, THE Time-Life Books.
  33. FASCINATING WORLD OF ASTRONOMY, THE Robert Richardson (1960).
  34. FIRST STARGAZERS, THE James Cornell (1981).
  35. FLYBY, THE INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEY OF VOYAGER 2 Joel Davis (1987).
  36. FRIENDLY STARS, HOW TO LOCATE AND INDENTIFY THEM, THE Martha Martin & Donald Menzel (1966)
  37. FROZEN STAR George Greenstein (1983).
  38. GOD AND THE ASTRONOMERS Robert Jastrow (1978).
  39. HOW TO MAKE A TELESCOPE Jean Texerean (1984). 2 copies.
  40. HISTORY OF SCIENCE, A George Sarton (1959).
  41. ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTRONOMY & SPACE, THE Ian Ridpath (1979).
  42. INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 4th Ed. Michael Zeilik & Stephen Gregory (1998)
  43. JOURNEY INTO SPACE: THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF SPACE EXPLORATION Bruce Murray (1989).
  44. KEY TO THE UNIVERSE, A REPORT ON THE NEW PHYSICS, THE Nigel Calder (1977).
  45. LAROUSSE GUIDE TO ASTRONOMY, THE David Baker (1978).
  46. LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Scientific American (1995).
  47. LIFE SEARCH Time-Life Books.
  48. MODERN COSMOLOGY D.W. Sciama (1971).
  49. NATURE COMPANY GUIDE TO SKYWATCHING, THE David H. Levy (2000).
  50. NEW ASTRONOMY, THE Paul & Lesley Murdin (1978).
  51. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY FOR AMATEURS
  52. OBSERVER'S HANDBOOK The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1996, 97, 98, 2000, 2001.
  53. OUR EXPANDING UNIVERSE Evry Schatman (1992).
  54. PERFECT SYMMETRY Heinz Pagels (1985).
  55. PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE MOON, S.M. Chong (2002).
  56. PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE PLANETS Joseph Jackson & John Baumert
  57. PLANETS, THE Scientific American (1983).
  58. RETURN OF HALLEY'S COMET Patrick Moore & John Mason (1984).
  59. SKY OBSERVER'S GUIDE, THE Newton & Margaret Mayall & Jerome Wykoff (1959).
  60. SOLAR SYSTEM, THE Barrie Jones (1984).
  61. STARS Time-Life Books.
  62. STARS, THE H. A. Rey (1980)
  63. STARGAZER'S BIBLE, THE W.S. Kals (1980). 2 copies.
  64. STRATEGY FOR THE DETECTION AND STUDY OF OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS AND UFO PHENOMENON, THE Time-Life Books.
  65. UNIVERSE Carl Sagan (1997).
  66. UNIVERSE NEXT DOOR, A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EXPLORING THE SKIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SEE, THE Terry Holt (1985).
  67. VIOLENT UNIVERSE Nigel Calder (1969).
  68. WEBB SOCIETY DEEP-SKY OBSERVER'S HANDBOOKS.
    1. Double Stars (1979)
    2. Planetary and Gaseous Nebulae (1979)
    3. Open and Globular Clusters (1980)
    4. Galaxies (1981)
    5. Clusters of Galaxies (1982)
    6. Anonymous Galaxies (1987)
    7. The Southern Sky (1987)

In addition to the above, the club also has a folder of Venus photographs taken by Magellan.

VIDEOS (with commentary)
  1. ADVENTURES IN VIDEO ASTRONOMY. This is about 45 minutes long with black and white images, but there is no narration, which makes it hard to follow.
  2. THE ASTRONOMERS. This is an excellent PBS series. There are 6 episodes, but unfortunately, I believe this tape only contains 4. It covers topics such as black holes and cosmology at an introductory level. It also takes an interesting look at the daily lives of professional astronomers.
  3. ASTRONOMY CLUB TAPE #1. This appears to be about the possibility of life on other planets.
  4. ASTRONOMY CLUB TAPE #2. This is a collection of old NASA films, mostly about missions to the planets.
  5. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY WITH SCT. This is a how-to guide for those interested in learning how to do astrophotography. It is about 30 minutes long.
  6. BASIC SCT OPERATIONS.
  7. COSMOS PART 5. This series with Carl Sagan is an absolute classic. There are 13 parts. I wish we had the entire series.
  8. FROM HERE TO INFINITY
  9. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. This documents the flight of Apollo 11, the first expedition to land a man on the moon. Pretty well done. It is about 30 minutes long.
  10. THE INFINITY SERIES PART 1, THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The poor quality of this tape makes it difficult to watch.
  11. INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT FOR WINDOWS. This has nothing to do with astronomy. I don't know why we have it.
  12. LANDING ON MARS. This is a good review of the Viking missions to Mars and gives some history of the exploration of the planet. It lasts about 30 minutes.
  13. MESSIER OBJECTS, PART 2. This is a visual catalog of the messier objects with pictures of each. The tape quality is only fair: all the objects appear green.
  14. PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY AND CELESTIAL NAVIGATION. This is a decent general survey of astronomical concepts.
  15. THE REAL E.T. A look at the search for extraterrestrial life and man's exploration into space.
  16. THE RETURN OF HALEY'S COMET. A primer to get people ready for the comet's 1986 flyby of earth. About 30 minutes long.
  17. VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS

SOFTWARE
  1. THE ARIZONA DATABASE (diskette)
  2. EXPERT ASTRONOMER, Available on diskette or CD-ROM. "Explore the universe with your personal planetarium".
  3. EZ COSMOS (diskette)
  4. GUIDE 3.0 PROJECT PLUTO (CD-ROM) Star Chart
  5. GUIDE 5.0 PROJECT PLUTO (CD-ROM) Star Chart
  6. NGC VIEW - VERSION 5 (diskettes)
  7. ORBITS 3.0 - VOYAGE THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM (CD-ROM)
  8. PLANET WATCH FOR WINDOWS (diskette)
  9. REDSHIFT -1 (CD-ROM) for Windows 3.1
  10. REDSHIFT - 2 (CD-ROM)
  11. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN LIBRARY PLANETARIUM (CD-ROM) for Windows 3.1 & 95
  12. SKYMAP PRO 4 (CD-ROM)
  13. SKY GLOBE (diskette)
  14. SPACE EXPLORER (diskette)
  15. SPACE SHUTTLE TRACKER (diskette)
  16. ULTIMATE CCD COLLECTION, THE (CD-ROM)