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Books

Contact the Librarian - Matthew Mallinson to borrow or return items. Typically, items are loaned for one month unless reserved by another member.

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Book List (Last updated: 2 July 2009)
Title Author Publisher Year of
Publication
Date
Purchased
100 Billion Suns – the birth, life and death of the stars Rudolf Kippenhahn 1983
1973 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1973
1975 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1975
1976 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1976
1979 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1979
1980 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1980
1982 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1982
1983 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1983
1984 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1984
1985 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1985
1986 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1986
1987 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1987
1988 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1988
1989 Year Book of Astronomy Patrick Moore Patrick Moore 1989
Adjustment and Testing of Telescope Objectives, The H Dennis Taylor Adam Hilger 1983
Age of Space, The U.S. Information Service U.S. Information Service 1968? 2006
Amateur Astronomer's Pathfinder, The Colin Humphrey Wiley 1992
Analysis of Apollo 10 Photography and Visual Observations NASA 1971
Answer Book of Astronomy Iain Nicholson 1975
Astronomical Almanac for 1985, The HMSO HMSO 1985 2006
Astronomical Telescope, The B.V. Barlow Wykeham 1975
Astronomy Fred Hoyle MacDonald 1962 2006
Astronomy Encyclopedia Gen: Patrick Moore Philips 2002 6 Feb 2004
ATLAS of Surveyor 5 Television data NASA 1974
Backyard Astronomers Guide, The Dickinson & Dyer
Before the Beginning Martin Rees Touchstone 1997
Birth of Time, The TSP 2006
Caldwell Card Sky & Telescope Sky & Telescope 2001 6 Feb 2004
Caldwell Objects, The Stephen James O'Meara Cambridge
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy ed. Simon Mitton Cambridge 1977
Canopus Encyclopedia of Astronomy ed. Paul Murdin & Margaret Penston Canopus 2004 2006
Check a Possible Supernova – Set 1 Juhani Salmi 1984 2006
Check a Possible Supernova – Set 2 Juhani Salmi 1985 2006
Collapsing Universe: the story of Black Holes, The Isaac Asimov Hutchinson 1977 2006
Companion to the Cosmos John Gribbin Phoenix Giant 1996
Concise Encyclopedia of Astronomy A. Weigert & H. Zimmermann
Constellations Klepesta & Rukl Hamlyn 1969
Cosmic Landscape: Voyages back along the Photon's Track Michael Rowan-Robinson Oxford 1979 2006
Discovering the Universe Bernard & Joyce Lovell Benn 1963
Dobsonian Telescope, The David Kriege & Richard Berry Willman-Bell Inc. 1998 2006
Earth Satellite, The New Satellite Projects Explained Patrick Moore 1955
Eclipse Duncan Steel Headline 1999 2006
Eclipse J.P. McEvoy 4th Estate 1999 2006
Elegant Universe, The Brian Greene Vintage 1999
Ever-Changing Sky, The Cambridge 2006
Everyman's Astronomy ed. R.H. Stoy Everyman 1974 2006
Exploring the Southern Sky Svend Laustsen et al Springer  Verlag 1987
Frozen Star – of Pulsars, Black Holes and the Fate of Stars George Greenstein 1984
Guide to Astronomy David Baker Hamlyn 1978
Guide to Astronomy James Muirden Pan 1972
Guide to Lunar Orbiter Photographs NASA 1970
Handbook for Star Trackers Jim Ballard Sky 1988
Herschel 400 Observing Guide Stephen James O'Meara Cambridge 2007
Hidden Treasures Stephen James O'Meara Cambridge 2006
Illustrated Atlas of the Universe Mark Garlick & Wil Tirion City Press 2006 2006
Individual and the Universe, The Bernard Lovell Oxford 1959 2006
Internal Constitution of the Stars, The A.S. Eddington Dover 1926 2006
ITALY in Space before and after SIRIO 1978
Journey to the Stars Stuart Clark Oxford 2000 2006
Journeys of Voyager, The Robin Kerrod Prion 1990
Just Six Numbers Martin Rees Phoenix 1999
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy Larousse 1966
Lights in the Sky: Astronomical and Meteorological Phenomena Michael Maunder Springer 2007  3rd edition
Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide Martin Mobberley Springer 2006
Mariner 6 and 7 Pictures of Mars, The Stewart A. Collins 1971
Mars: a Warmer Wetter Planet Jeffrey Kargel Springer 2004
Messier Card Sky & Telescope Sky & Telescope 2003 6 Feb 2004
Messier Objects, The Stephen James O'Meara Cambridge
Messier Objects: A Beginner's Guide Kathy Machin & Sue Wheatley Astronomical League of USA 1997 6 Feb 2004
Mission to Saturn David Harland Springer 2002
Modern Astronomy H.H. Turner Constable 1901 2006
Modern Universe, The Raymond A. Lyttleton 1957
Moon as Viewed by Lunar Orbiter, The NASA 1970
Moon, Mars and Venus Antonin Rukl Hamlyn 1976
Moon Flight Atlas Patrick Moore 1970
Moonwatch Philips 2003 6 Feb 2004
Neighbours of the Earth: Planets, Comets & the Debris of Space ed. Thornton Page 1965 2006
Neptune: the Planet, Rings and Satellites Ellis D. Miner & Randii R. Wessen Springer 2002
New Amateur Astronomer, The Martin Mobberley Springer 2004
New Science in the Solar System New Scientist New Scientist 1975 2006
New Universe, The Lovell et al Iliffe 1968?
Non-existent Star Clusters of the RNGC, The Brent Archinal Enslow 1993
Norton's Star Atlas and Telescopic Handbook Norton & Inglis Gall & Inglis 1950
Observational Amateur Astronomer, The Patrick Moore Springer 1995
Observer's Book of Manned Spaceflight Reginald Turnill Frederick Warne 1972 2006
Observer's Handbook: Astronomy from Towns and Suburbs Robin Scagell Philips 1994
Observing Comets Nick James & Gerald North Springer 2003
Observing the Universe (A new Scientist Guide) ed. Nigel Henbest 1984
Observing Variable Stars Gerry Good Springer 2003
Of Stars and Men Harlow Shapley Elek 1958 2006
Pan book of Astronomy James Muirden Pan 1964 2006
Philips Atlas of the Universe Patrick Moore Philips 2001 04-May-06
Philips Dark Skies Map Philips 2004 2005
Planets and Stars Nicholas Booth Grange Books 1995
Radio Universe, The Roy Worvill Kuhn & Averill 1977
Redshift 4 Maris Focus Maris Focus 2000 05-Feb-04
Signpost to the Stars George Philip Philips 1986
Simple Stargazing Anton Vamplew Index 2005
Skywatching David Levy
Sleepwalkers, The Arthur Koestler Pelican 1959
Small Astronomical Observatories Patrick Moore Springer 1996
Solar Eclipse Thomas Crump Constable 1999
Solar System, The Scientific American Scientific American 1975 2006
Space Data Neville Barter Northrop Grumman 2003
Space in the Sixties Patrick Moore Pelican 1963 2006
Star called the Sun, A George Gamow Pelican 1965 2006
Star-hopping for Backyard Astronomers Alan Macrobert Sky publishing corp 1993
Stars – from Superstition to Supernova, The Nigel Henbest & Heather Couper Pan/Channel 4 1988
Stars and Planets Robin Kerrod Rainbow 1991
Stars in the Making Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Eyre & Spottiswoode 1953 2006
Stars in their Courses, The Isaac Asimov White Lion 1971 2006
Stars over Europe 2006
Story of Astronomy, The Patrick Moore MacDonald 1977
Surface of the Moon: Its Structure and Origin V.A. Firsoff 1961
Textbook of Astronomy – Facts and Feats, A Patrick Moore 1979
Total Solar Eclipses Martin Mobberley Springer 2007
Travellers in Space and Time Patrick Moore 1983
Trends in Astronomy Hutchinson 2004? 2005
Turn Left at Orion: 100 Objects to See in a Small Telescope Guy Consolmagno & Dan Davis Cambridge UP 2000 6 Feb 2004
Universe Around Us, The James Jeans Cambridge 1944
Universe, The Life Nature Library Time Life 1970
Using the Telescope J Hedley Robinson David & Charles 1978
Voyage in Space, A H.H. Turner Sheldon Press 1927 2006
Water and the search for life on Mars David Harland Springer 2005
Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook – Star Atlas (#1) Webb Society Webb Society 2002 6 Feb 2004
Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook – Star Atlas (#1) Webb Society 2002
Webb Society DSOH Vol 1 – Double Stars Enslow 1986
Webb Society DSOH Vol 2 – Planetary and Gaseous Nebulae Enslow 1979
Webb Society DSOH Vol 3 – Open and Globular Clusters Enslow 1980
Webb Society DSOH Vol 4 – Galaxies Enslow 1981
Webb Society DSOH Vol 5 – Clusters of Galaxies Enslow 1982
Webb Society DSOH Vol 6 – Anonymous Galaxies Enslow 1987
Webb Society DSOH Vol 7 – The Southern Sky Enslow 1987
Webb Society DSOH Vol 8 – Variable stars Enslow
World of Mars, The V.A. Firsoff Oliver & Boyd 1969 2006
World within the World, The John Barrow Oxford 1988
X-ray Astronomy Culhane & Sanford Faber 1981

CDs & DVDs

Redshift 4 Maris Focus Maris Focus 2000 5 Feb 04
Inside the Space Station Discovery Communications 2004 1 Nov 04
Window on the Universe part one Sunday Times BINSC 2001
Window on the Universe part two Sunday Times BINSC 2001

Magazines and Journals

Journal of the British Astronomical Society

The body of the table show the number of copies held.
Month (No.) Month (No.)
Vol. Year Dec (1) Year Feb (2) Apr (3) Jun (4) Aug (5) Oct (6) Dec (7)
92 1981 1982 1 1 1 2 1
93 1982 1 1983 1 1 1 2 2
94 1983 2 1984 2 2 3 2 3
95 1984 3 1985 3 3 2 2 3
96 1985 2 1986 3 2 2 1 3
97 1986 2 1987 2 2 3 3 4
98 1987 3 1988 3 2 3 4 2 3
99 1988 1989 2 2 4 2 1 1
100 1989 1990 1 1 1 1 1 1
101 1990 1991 1 2

Astronomy Now

Year Issues
1995 Jun, Jul, Sep – Dec Donated by
Adrian Selby
1996 Feb – Dec
1997 Jan, Feb, May, Jul, Aug
1994 Aug, Sep

Practical Astronomy

1995 Jun

Sky and Telescope

Year Issues
1991 Jan, Feb, Apr – Oct, Dec
1992 Jan – Dec
1993 Jan – Dec
1994 Jan – Sep, Nov, Dec
1995 Jan – Jul, Sep – Dec
1996 Jan

Guildford AS Skywatcher

Year Issues
1983 Oct – Dec
1984 Jan – Jun, Sep – Dec
1985 Jan – Jun, Sep – Dec
1986 Jan – Jun, Sep – Dec
1987 Jan – May, Sep – Dec
1988 Jan – Mar, May, Jun, Sep – Dec
1989 Jan – Apr
1995 Dec
1996 Jan
1997 Feb – Mar

Popular Astronomy

Year Issues
1982 Oct
1983 Apr, Oct
1995 Oct
1996 Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct, The rugged face of Mercury
1997 Jan

The Planetary Report

Vol X (6) Nov/Dec 1990

Meteor

1996 Sep

Houston Astronomical Society

Guidestar

1991 Jun

WGN

1995 Apr, Aug, Oct

Spaceflight

Year Issues
1983 Nov
1984 Apr, Jun, Sep/Oct
1985 Apr, Jul/Aug, Oct – Dec
1986 Feb, Apr, May, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct

Hermes

Year Issues
1978 Jan, Apr, Oct
1979 Jan, Apr, Oct
1980 Jan
1981 Jul

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