THE SAN JUAN STARGAZERS’ BOOK STORE
Dear Stargazers, This “bookstore” is totally for your convenience. Everything here is of the best quality & highly useful to astronomy club members. Most of these items came from Kalmbach Publishing which does Astronomy Magazine & from the Astronomical League of which you all are members. I have saved you the time of having to look, evaluate & order items for yourself, plus pay for postage. Shipping & handling is included in the price & may be cheaper because we are a club. Please feel free to make suggestions of items you think should be available in our store. Joan
STAR ATLAS: Kalmbach Publishing I have several Star Atlases in my library at home that each cost a fortune. Normally Star Atlases are VERY EXPENSIVE books because of the amazing high quality pictures & expertise needed to produce one. I was surprised when I saw what Kalmbach published & then charges so little. This is an unbelievable bargain. You will learn a lot & as a bonus, this atlas can serve as an effective antidepressant. Whenever you feel depressed & bored with life, pick it up & realize how unbelievably amazing our Universe is and THAT YOU ARE AN INTELLIGENT PART OF IT, able to know, be aware, appreciate, be astonished & wonder at its magnificence & the significant role you have as “intelligent life” on one of its planets. This Atlas is so much better & cheaper than Prozac. Cost $15 (including postage & handling)
THE MILKY WAY—INSIDE AND OUT: Kalmbach Publishing All you need to know about our home Galaxy. How the Milky Way works. The search for Earth-like worlds. It includes a spectacular Galaxy fold out that shows exactly where we are located in the Milky Way. Cost $15 (including shipping & handling)
MESSIER FLASHCARDS SET 1 : Kalmbach Media Co. This is a set of 36 4”X 6” flashcards that are beautiful, on one side & informative, on the other side and that show the most easily located objects in the night sky. Messier objects were designated by Charles Messier from 1751 to 1781, using an early telescope while he was looking for a comet like “Haley’s” to make himself famous. He documented various nebula, star clusters and galaxies & labeled them M1 to M110. He didn’t know how we would see them today. They included 27 Open Star Clusters, 29 Globular Star Clusters, 6 diffuse nebulae, 4 planetary nebulae & 40 galaxies. Doing this actually made him more famous & greatly appreciated by sky-watchers & astronomers for the next 240 years and beyond. SET 1, 36 cards including the Whirlpool Galaxy, the Crab Nebula, the Butterfly Star Cluster and more. Cost $14
MESSIER FLASHCARDS SET 2 & SET 3: Kalmbach Media Co. (more can be ordered & saved for you) SET 2, 36 cards including the Pleiades Open Star Cluster, the Pinwheel Galaxy, the Ring Nebula and more. Cost $14 SET 3, 37 cards including the Orion Nebula, the Beehive Open Star Cluster, Andromeda Galaxy and more. Cost $14
CONSTELLATION FLASHCARDS 36 MOST COMMON CONSTELLATIONS Beautiful on one side & packed with good information on the other side. Good learning tool. Cost $14
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS GALAXY FLASHCARDS & NEBULA FLASHCARDS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE Cost $14
ALL THESE BOOKS & FLASHCARDS HELP YOU INCREASE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY PLUS PROVIDE HOURS OF ENJOYMENT.