Book recommendation?

[gridlore]

I'm looking for recommendations for a good, college-level astronomy text. I know the basics already, but am interested in getting a little deeper into the subject. Something I could find at my local library would be best.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[polydad.livejournal.com]

When you get a good recommendation, could you post it, please?

best,

Joel

[chaoswolf]

OK. Give me a few days to try & find my astronomy texts for my old astro classes.

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

This might be too basic, but my introductory Astronomy text last year was Michael Seeds' Horizons: exploring the universe (http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/Astronomy/textbooks/textHor.html). It includes the CD-ROM for the student version of the wonderful starmap program The Sky (http://www.bisque.com/products/thesky6/).

[mdlbear]

Looks like I have a couple of old astro texts from my long-ago college days; I'd be unlikely to read them again. There may be a few inaccuracies due to recent discoveries, but the basics won't have changed.

[jackwalker.livejournal.com]

Best such text I have on hand is An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, by Bradley W. Carroll and Dale A. Ostlie, published in 1996 by Addison-Wesley.

Big thick thing, and full of advanced undergraduate-level mathematics. I found it a very useful reference when doing the world-design systems for GT:First In, GT:Interstellar Wars, and G:Space.

[pompe.livejournal.com]

Depend on what you need it for, I think.

If you need a relatively math-light introduction to astronomy which is richly illustrated and onn intro-college-level yet sound and readable and covering virtually all things from celestial mechanics to stellar evolution, I'd recommend "Abell's Exploration of the Universe".

If you need something on planetology or the solar system or on stars in specific, there are many books going into much deeper detail, but few of them are that accessible and may be hard to find on a normal library.

Also, you should get a recent book. At least it should be written/revised in the 90's, and preferrably the last ten years.

Nasa Books...

[misdev.livejournal.com]

we found a couple in the garage when we cleaned up this weekend.. i just have to find which box they went in..

as soon as i find them.. i'll let you know..