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TITLE AUTHOR / REVIEWER PUBLICATION PAGE PERIOD YEAR
1000+ The Amateur Astronomers Field Guide to Deep-Sky Observing Owen Brazell WSQJ No 75 41 January 1989
A Chronicle of Pre-Telescopic Astronomy by Barry Hetherington Adam Perkins WSQJ No 106 42 October 1996
A Descriptive Catalogue by G W Kronk Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 59 31 January 1985
A New Edition of 'The Messier Album' D Strachan WSQJ No 38 25 October 1979
a Photographic Atlas of the Stars by HJP Arnold, Paul Doherty and Patrick Moore Owen Brazell DSO No 111 28 January 1998
A Practical Guide to CCD Astronomy by Patrick Martinez, Alain Klotz and Andre Demers George Sallit DSO No 112 36 April 1998
A Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies by Allan Sandage and G A Tammann Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 49 27 July 1982
A View of the Universe by David F Malin Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 98 35 October 1994
Accretion Power in Astrophysics by J Frank, A King and D Raine Ian Stevens WSQJ No 91 47 January 1993
Active Galactic Nuclei by I Robson Nick Hewitt WSQJ No 107 45 January 1997
Amateur Astronomers Handbook by J B Sidgwick (Revised by James Muirden) Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 41 28 July 1980
An Introduction to Astronomical Photometry by Edwin Budding Brian A Skiff WSQJ No 98 36 October 1994
Asteroids by tom Gehrels Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 43 19 January 1981
Astronomy and Aeronautics A Enthusiasts Guide to Books and Periodicals by A Lusis Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 65 33 July 1986
Astronomy Hacks (Tips & Tools for Observing the Night Sky) by Robert Bruce Thompson & Barbara Fritchmann Thompson Tim Leese DSO No 139 26   2005
Astronomy of the Milky Way by Mike Inglis Lee Macdonald DSO No 137 26   2005
Astronomy with a Home Computer by Neale Monks Owen Brazell DSO No 140 27   2006
Astronomy with a Small Telescope by Steve Tonkin Mike Ropelewski DSO No 126 26   2001
Astronomy with Binoculars by James Muirden Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 29 18 July 1977
Astronomy: The Evolving Universe by Michael Zeilik Owen Brazell WSQJ No 110 26 October 1997
Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael Covington Adrian Catterall DSO No 120 22 Spring 2000
Astrophotography with the Schmidt Telescope by S Marx and W Pfau Ron Arbour WSQJ No 90 38 October 1992
Astrophysical Jets edited by Denis Burgarella, Mario Livio and Chris O'Dea Bob Thomson WSQJ No 99 28 January 1995
Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars by H.J.Habing & H. Olofsson Christopher Tout DSO No 138 26   2005
Atlas of Compact Groups of Galaxies by Paul Hickson Owen Brazell WSQJ No 101 35 July 1995
Atlas of Galactic Nebulae II Th Neckel and Hans Vehrenberg Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 71 34 January 1988
Atlas of Galactic Nebulae Part 1 by Th Neckel and H Vehrenberg Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 65 32 July 1986
Atlas of Galactic Nebulae Part III by Thorsten Neckel and Hans Vehrenberg Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 84 51 April 1991
Atoms, Stars and Nebulae by Lawrence H Aller Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 89 35 July 1992
BAA Deep Sky Catalogue Edited by Szentmartoni Martin J Yates WSQJ No 67 36 January 1987
BAA DSS Handbook 2 - Messier Catalogue by Owen Brazell Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 78 30 October 1989
Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait Alan P Dowdell DSO No 130 27   2003
Binaries as Tracers of Stellar Formation by Antoine Duquennoy and Michel Mayor Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 92 17 April 1993
Black Holes by Jean-Pierre Luminet Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 91 48 January 1993
Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara Faith Jordan DSO No 117 18 Summer 1999
Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara Owen Brazell DSO No 117 18 Summer 1999
Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara Ronald J Morales DSO No 117 18 Summer 1999
Extrasolar Planets by Stuart Clark Robert W Argyle DSO No 115 16 January 1999
Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems by Alan Boss Robert W Argyle DSO No 115 17 January 1999
Norton's Star Atlas & Reference Handbook by Ian Ridpath Stewart L Moore DSO No 116 27 April 1999
Sky Atlas 2000.0: 2nd De Luxe Edition by Wil Tirion & Roger W Sinnott Ian Genner DSO No 117 21 Summer 1999
Starware 2nd Edition by Philip Harrington Adrian Catterall DSO No 116 28 April 1999
The Deep Sky: An Introduction by Philip S Harrington Steven J Hynes DSO No 117 17 Summer 1999
Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes by E J Hartung John Larard WSQJ Vol 1 No 3 15 December 1968
Astronomy for Amateurs by James Muirden Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ Vol 1 No 4 25 March 1969
Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendours by Hans Vehrenberg Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ Vol 1 No 1 13 June 1968
Wonders of the Night Sky by F Zigel Paul Fulford WSQJ Vol 2 No 2 20 April 1970
Care of Astronomical Telescopes & Accessories by M. Barlow Pepin Ian Genner DSO No 139 27   2005
Carl Sagan's Universe by Yervant Terzian & Elizabeth Bilson Steven J Hynes DSO No 115 15 January 1999
Cataclysmic Variables by Brian Warner Phil Charles WSQJ No 104 38 April 1996
Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin: An Autobiography and Other Recollections Edited by Katherine Haramundanis Patricia Barber WSQJ No 109 19 July 1997
Celestial Handbook by Robert Burnham Tom Reiland WSQJ No 34 27 October 1978
Celestial Harvest by James Mullaney Ronald J Morales DSO No 117 21 Summer 1999
Check a Possible Supernova by J Salmi Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 59 31 January 1985
Choosing & Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope. A Guide to Commercial SCTs and Maksutovs by Rod Mollise Nik Szymanek DSO No 128 24   2002
Circumstellar Media in the Late Stages of Evolution Edited by R E S Clegg, I R Stevens and W P S Meikle Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 101 29 July 1995
Colours of the Stars by D Malin and P Murdin Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 58 32 October 1984
Cosmic Butterflies: The Colourful Mysteries of Planetary Nebulae by Sun Kwok Stewart L Moore DSO No 128 26   2002
Cosmic Discovery by Martin Harwit Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 47 24 January 1982
Cross Reference Index of Deep Sky Objects by James M Lucyk Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 72 43 April 1988
Deep Sky Observing with Small Telescopes Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 80 34 April 1990
Deep Sky Wonders by Walter Scott Houston John E Isles DSO No 121 24 Summer 2000
Detection of Light: From the Ultra Violet to the Submillimeter by G H Rieke Alex Colburn WSQJ No 105 37 April 1996
Dividing the Circle by Alan Chapman Kenneth Glynn Jones WSQJ No 83 53 January 1991
Dividing the Circle by Allan Chapman Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 106 45 October 1996
Early Physics and Astronomy - A Historic Introduction by Olaf Pedersen Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 95 37 January 1994
Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae by Gale E Christianson Owen Brazell WSQJ No 103 36 January 1996
Edwin Hubble: The Discoverer of the Big Bang Universe by Alexander S Sharov and Igor D Novikov Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 97 31 July 1994
England's Leonardo - Robert Hooke and the 17th Century Scientific Revolution by Dr. Allan Chapman Robert W Argyle DSO No 137 28   2005
Evolution of Interstellar Matter and Dynamics of Galaxies by J Palous, W B Burton and PO Lindblad Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 91 50 January 1993
Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars by Patrick Moore Alan P Dowdell WSQJ No 106 41 October 1996
Exploring the Southern Sky by Svend Lausten, Claus Madsen and Richard West Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 74 35 October 1988
Exploring The X-Ray Universe by Phillip Charles and Frederick Seward Roderick Johnstone WSQJ No 106 40 October 1996
Extraterrestrials:  Where are They? Edited by B Zuckerman and M H Hart Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 108 30 April 1997
Galactic and Solar System Optical Astronomy Edited by L V Morrison and G F Gilmore Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 101 33 July 1995
Galaxies, Structure and Evolution by Roger J Taylor Owen Brazell WSQJ No 93 41 July 1993
Guide to Observing the Moon by the BAA Michael B Swan WSQJ No 67 37 January 1987
Handbook of CCD Astronomy by Steve B Howell Maurice Gavin DSO No 129 28   2002
High Resolution Astrophotography by Jean Dragesco Nick James WSQJ No 103 37 January 1996
Hubble Vision by Carolyn Collins Petersen and John C Brandt Nial Tanvir WSQJ No 109 24 July 1997
Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Astronomy by Chris Kitchin Ian Genner DSO No 132 23   2003
In Darkness Born by Martin Cohen Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 74 36 October 1988
Infra Red Astronomy Edited by A Mampaso, M Prieto and F Sanchez Robin M Catchpole WSQJ No 101 31 July 1995
Instrument Makers to the World - A History of Cooke, Troughton and Simms by Anita McConnell David C Wright WSQJ No 92 21 April 1993
International Halley Watch Amateur Observing Manual by Stephen J Edberg Brian J McInnerny WSQJ No 57 36 July 1984
Introduction to Cosmology by J V Narlikar Ofer Lahav WSQJ No 94 35 October 1993
Introduction to the Science of Cosmology by D.J. Raine & E.G. Thomas Nial Tanvir DSO No 130 27   2003
Isolated Pulsars Edited by K A van Riper, E Epstein and C Ho Derek Jones WSQJ No 96 29 April 1994
James Lick's Monument by Helen Wright David C Wright WSQJ No 75 40 January 1989
Jupiter: Studies of the Interior Atmosphere Magnetosphere and Satellites by Tom Gehrels Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 30 19 October 1977
Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies by Bob Mizon Bob Dryden DSO No 128 27   2002
Lowell and Mars by William Graves Hoyt Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 27 26 January 1977
Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters by Kenneth Glynn Jones Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 84 53 April 1991
Meteor Showers a Descriptive Catalogue by Gary W Kronk Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 73 48 July 1988
MICA - Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac by United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Owen Brazell WSQJ No 97 29 July 1994
Nebulae and How To Observe Them by Steven R Coe Ronald J Morales DSO No 144 26   2007
Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Arthur Upgren Stephen Tonkin DSO No 123 27 Winter 2000/2001
Norton's Star Atlas (17th Edition) by Gilbert E Satterthwaite E T H Teague WSQJ No 67 34 January 1987
Objects in the Heavens Deep Sky Viewing List and Field Book for Small Scopes and Binoculars by Peter Birren Lee Macdonald DSO No 135 26   2004
Observational Astronomy for Amateurs by J B Sidgwick  (Revised by James Muirden) Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 50 25 October 1982
Observational Astrophysics by Robert C Smith Derek Jones WSQJ No 105 42 April 1996
Observers Guide to Astronomy in Two Volumes Edited by Patrick Martinez Owen Brazell WSQJ No 99 31 January 1995
Observer's Guide to Stellar Evolution by Mike Inglis Steven J Hynes DSO No 133 27   2004
Observing Comets by Nick James & Gerald North Faith Jordan DSO No 135 25   2004
Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep Sky Objects by Christian B Luginbuhl and Brian A Skiff Murray Cragin WSQJ No 81 44 July 1990
Observing the Caldwell Objects by David Ratledge Lee Macdonald DSO No 126 26   2001
Observing the Caldwell Objects by David Ratledge Lee Macdonald DSO No 132 22   2003
Observing the Sun by Peter O Taylor E T H Teague WSQJ No 88 43 April 1992
Observing Variable Stars by Gerry A Good Bob Dryden DSO No 133 28   2004
Observing Variable Stars, Novae & Supernova by Gerald North & Nick James Gary Poyner DSO No 140 25   2006
Observing Visual Double Stars by Paul Couteau Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 48 27 April 1982
Optical Astronomy Spectroscopy by Chris R Kitchen Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 110 27 October 1997
Optics in Astronomy Edited by J V Wall E J Hysom WSQJ No 98 34 October 1994
Our Evolving Universe by Malcolm Longair Richard Hook WSQJ No 106 39 October 1996
Our Universe by Ed S. Alan Stern Steven J Hynes DSO No 128 27   2002
Philip's Deep Sky observers Guide Neil Bone by Neil Bone Lee Macdonald DSO No 138 26   2005
Planetary Astronomy from the Renaissance to the Rise of Astrophysics Part 2B Edited by René Taton and Curtis Wilson Allan Chapman WSQJ No 108 28 April 1997
Planetary Encounters by Robert M Powers E G Moore WSQJ No 48 25 April 1982
Planetary Nebulae by Steven J Hynes Owen Brazell WSQJ No 88 42 April 1992
Planetary Pages by Kent Wallace Steven J Hynes DSO No 112 37 April 1998
Planetary Satellites by Joseph A Burns David Allen WSQJ No 31 22 January 1978
Planets, Stars and Nebulae studied with photopolarimetry Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 21 20 May 1975
Planets, Stars and Orbs, The Medieval Cosmos 1200-1687 by Edward Grant Allan Chapman WSQJ No 99 35 January 1995
Practical Amateur Spectroscopy by Steve Tomkin (ed.) Nick Martin DSO No 133 28   2004
Protostars and Planets by T Gehrels G S Whiston WSQJ No 46 27 October 1981
Redshift by Stuart Clark Shaun Hughes WSQJ No 109 23 July 1997
RR Lyrae Stars by Horace A Smith Derek Jones WSQJ No 105 40 April 1996
Sky Atlas 2000.0 by Wil Tirion Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 48 26 April 1982
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 by A Hirshfeld Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 64 44 April 1986
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Vol 2 Edited by Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W Sinnott Robert W Argyle DSO No 113 28 April 1998
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Volume 1 (2nd Edition) by Alan Hirshfeld, Roger W Sinnott and Francois Ochsenbein Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 90 40 October 1992
Software & Data for Practical Astronomers by David Ratledge Owen Brazell DSO No 119 26 Winter 1999/2000
Solar Observing Techniques by Chris Kitchen Owen Brazell DSO No 134 25   2004
Spaceship Neutrino by Christine Sutton Owen Brazell WSQJ No 93 40 July 1993
Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas by A Dalgarno and D Layzer Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 78 28 October 1989
Star Clusters and How to Observe Them by Mark Allison Anon DSO No 141 27   2006
Star Hopping by Alan MacRobert Ronald J Morales WSQJ No 95 39 January 1994
Stargazer - The Life & Times of The Telescope by Fred Watson Wolfgang Steinicke DSO No 142 27   2006
Starlight Nights: The Adventures of a Star-Gazer by Leslie C Peltier John E Isles DSO No 121 24 Summer 2000
Stars and Galaxies by David J Eicher Ronald J Morales WSQJ No 92 19 April 1993
Stellar Photometry - Current Techniques and Future Developments Edited by CJ Butler and I Elliott John E Isles WSQJ No 95 43 January 1994
Sterrengids 1987 by Theo Jurriens and J Meeus Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 67 35 January 1987
Sterrengids 1988 by Theo Jurriens and Jean Meeus Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 72 43 April 1988
Supernovae and Supernovae Remnants Edited by R McCray and Z Wang Peter Meikle WSQJ No 107 31 January 1997
The 20cm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope by Peter L Manly Don Miles WSQJ No 99 29 January 1995
The Amateur Astronomer's Catalogue of 500 Deep Sky Objects by Ronald J Morales Edmund S Barker WSQJ No 67 33 January 1987
The Analysis of Starlight by J B Hearnshaw David C Wright WSQJ No 78 29 October 1989
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle by John D Barrow and Frank J Tipler Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 74 34 October 1988
The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Jeff Kanipe & Dennis Webb Ronald J Morales DSO No 144 24   2007
The Art and Science of CCD Astronomy by David Ratledge Maurice Gavin DSO No 120 28 Spring 2000
The Astronomer of Rousdon by Barbara Slater Mark Robinson DSO No 141 26   2006
The Astronomer of Rousdon by Barbara Slater Janet Robinson DSO No 141 26   2006
The Astronomical Scrapbook by J Ashbrook Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 60 40 April 1985
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopaedia by Stephen P Maran Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 88 41 April 1992
The Aurora by Neil Bone Kenneth Glynn Jones WSQJ No 88 44 April 1992
The Big Bang Theory by Karen C Fox Steven J Hynes DSO No 132 21   2003
The Box of Stars by Catherine Tennant David C Wright WSQJ No 100 38 April 1995
The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy Edited by Jean Audouze and Guy Israel Don Miles WSQJ No 105 38 April 1996
The Cambridge Deep Sky Album by Jack Newton and Phillip Teece Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 56 32 April 1984
The Cambridge Guide to Astronomical Discovery by William Liller Don Miles WSQJ No 93 42 July 1993
The Cambridge Guide to the Constellations by M E Baklich Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 102 28 October 1995
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the World's Science by Colin Ronan Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 67 30 January 1987
The Chemically Controlled Cosmos by T W Harquist and D A Williams David Flower WSQJ No 105 46 April 1996
The Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000.0 by Murray Cragin, James Lucyk and Barry Rappaport Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 92 18 April 1993
The Evolution of Radio Astronomy by J S Hoy Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 15 24 June 1973
The General History of Astronomy Part 2A Edited by René Taton and Curtis Wilson Allan Chapman WSQJ No 105 43 April 1996
The Guide to the Galaxy by Nigel Henbest and Heather Couper Brian J McInnerny WSQJ No 99 33 January 1995
The Hundred Greatest Stars by James B. Kaler Stewart L Moore DSO No 130 28   2003
The immortal Fire Within: The Life and Works of Edward Emerson Barnard by William Sheehan Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 104 37 April 1996
The Life of Isaac Newton by Richard S Westfall Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 97 31 July 1994
The Lord of Uraniborg by Victor Thoren Kenneth Glynn Jones WSQJ No 86 50 October 1991
The Messier Album by J H Mallas and E Kreimer Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 37 25 July 1979
The Milky Way by Ludwig Kuhn Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 54 31 October 1983
The Moon:  Its Past Development and Present Behaviour by J H Tatsch E G Moore WSQJ No 19 26 October 1974
The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres by David Grey Owen Brazell WSQJ No 90 37 October 1992
The Origin of the Planets by I P Williams Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 23 23 January 1976
The Practical Astronomer's Deep-Sky Companion by Jess K Gilmore Darran Summerfield DSO No 132 24   2003
The Primeval Universe by Jayant V Narlikar Kenneth Glyn Jones WSQJ No 75 39 January 1989
The Search for the Nebulae by Kenneth Glyn Jones Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 24 21 April 1976
The Space Telescope by Robert W Smith Don Miles WSQJ No 97 34 July 1994
The Stargazer of Hardwicke by Janet & Mark Robinson (ed.) Stewart L Moore DSO No 142 26   2006
The Stars in their Courses by Issac Asimov Robert W Argyle WSQJ No 20 18 February 1975
The Stars, Their Structure and Evolution by R J Tayler Mike Seaton WSQJ No 102 28 October 1995
The Structure and Evolution of Normal Galaxies by S M Fall and D Lyden-Bell Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 51 27 January 1983
The Teaching of Astronomy by Jay M Pasachoff Bob Mizon WSQJ No 89 37 July 1992
The Universe from your Backyard by D J Eicher Steven J Hynes WSQJ No 78 31 October 1989
The Universe Unfolding Edited by H Bondi and M Weston-Smith Ofer Lahav DSO No 121 27 Summer 2000
The Vanishing Universe - Adverse Environmental Impacts on Astronomy Edited by Dr Derek McNally Bob Mizon WSQJ No 100 39 April 1995
The Victorian Amateur: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920 by Dr. Allan Chapman Steven J Hynes