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EAS Library
The Eastbourne Astronomical Society boasts a comprehensive library of Astronomical books, CD's, DVD's and Videos.These are available for loan to all our members.
Borrowing
To borrow any items, please either use the form below, or contact the Librarian Keith Brackenborough at an EAS meeting. Keith will bring your item to the next meeting. Note: You must be a member of EAS to borrow items.
Books
| Title | Author(s) | Classification |
| Advanced Amateur Astronomy | Gerald North | Advanced: General |
| Astronomy with A Home Computer | Neale Monks | Advanced: General |
| Compendium of Practical Astronomy 1: Instrumentation and Reduction Techniques | Edited Gunter Roth | Advanced: General |
| Compendium of Practical Astronomy 2:Earth and Solar System | Edited Gunter Roth | Advanced: General |
| Compendium of Practical Astronomy 3:Stars and Stellar Systems | Edited Gunter Roth | Advanced: General |
| Exploration of the Universe | George O.Abell | Advanced: General |
| Getting the Measure of the Stars | Norman Walker & W.A. Cooper | Advanced: General |
| Planetary Sciences | Imke de Pater & Jack J. Lissauer | Advanced: General |
| Astrophotography An Introduction:Philip's Observers Handbook | H.J.P. Arnold | Astro Photography |
| Astrophotography:A Step-by-Step Approach | Robert T.Little | Astro Photography |
| Astrophotography:Featuring the fx system of exposure determination | Barry Gordon | Astro Photography |
| Colours of the Stars | David Malin and Paul Murdin | Astro Photography |
| Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy | Kip Thorne | Astro Physics |
| Black Holes and Warped Spacetime | William J. Kaufmann | Astro Physics |
| Brief History of Time.The..From the Big Bang to Black Holes | Stephen Hawking | Astro Physics |
| Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity: The | William J. Kaufmann | Astro Physics |
| Deep Space:New Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope | Simon Goodwin and John Gribbin | Astro Physics |
| Exploring the Galaxies | Simon Mitton | Astro Physics |
| Extravagant Universe: The - Exploding stars, dark energy, accelerating cosmos | Robert P. Kirshner | Astro Physics |
| First Three Minutes: TheA modern view of the universe | Steven Weinberg | Astro Physics |
| Frontiers of Astronomy | Fred Hoyle | Astro Physics |
| Galaxies | Timothy Ferris | Astro Physics |
| Galaxies and Quasars | William J. Kaufmann | Astro Physics |
| Galaxies of the Local Group: The | Sidney van den Bergh | Astro Physics |
| Hubble:15 years of Discovery (includes a full lenghth DVD) | Lars Christensen & Bob Fosbury | Astro Physics |
| Key to the Universe:The…a report on the new physics | Nigel Calder | Astro Physics |
| Last Three Minutes:The… | Paul Davies | Astro Physics |
| Milky Way.The….:An Elusive Road for Science | Stanley. L. Jaki | Astro Physics |
| Modern Theories of the Universe:From Herschel to Hubble | Michael J. Crowe | Astro Physics |
| Nature of Space and Time: The | Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose | Astro Physics |
| Origin of the Universe:The… | John D. Barrow | Astro Physics |
| Orion Nebula:The… Where Stars and Born | C. Robert O'Dell | Astro Physics |
| Our Universe | Sir Denys Wilkinson | Astro Physics |
| Realm of the Nebulae:The… | Edwin Hubble | Astro Physics |
| Redshift | Stuart Clark | Astro Physics |
| Ripples in the Cosmos:A view behind the scenes of the new cosmology | Michael Rowan-Robinson | Astro Physics |
| Seeing RedRedshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science | Halton Arp | Astro Physics |
| Stars and Nebulae | William J. Kaufmann | Astro Physics |
| Stellar Evolution | A.J. Meadows | Astro Physics |
| Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained | David Filkin | Astro Physics |
| Ten Faces of the Universe: | Fred Hoyle | Astro Physics |
| Universe In A Nutshell | Stephen Hawking | Astro Physics |
| Whole Shebang.The…A State of the Universe(s) Report | Timothy Ferris | Astro Physics |
| Big Bang: The Revised and Updated edition | Joseph Silk | Astro Physics |
| Astronomy through the Telescope | Richard Learner | Basic General |
| Atlas of the UniverseIntroduction to Astronomy | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Beginner's Guide to Astronomy | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Catalogue of the Universe | Paul Murdin and David Allen | Basic General |
| Contemporary Astronomy | Jay M. Pasachoff | Basic General |
| Cosmos | Carl Sagan | Basic General |
| Guide to Amateur Astronomy:The | 1988 2nd ed 1995 | Basic General |
| Guinness Book of Astronomy Facts and Feats:The… | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Introducing Astronomy | J.B. Sidgwick | Basic General |
| Introduction to Astronomy | C.Payne-Gaposchkin | Basic General |
| Modern Amateur Astronomer:The.. | Edited by Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| New Astronomy:The…. | Nigel Henbest and Michael Marten | Basic General |
| Practical Introduction to Astronomy:A:The Cambridge Astronomy Guide | Bill Liller and Ben Mayer | Basic General |
| Sky at NightBBC TV programmes: 1980 - 1984 | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Sky at NightBBC TV programmes: 2001- 2005 | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| SkywatchingThe Ultimate Guide to the Universe | David Levy | Basic General |
| Stargazing Astronomy Without a Telescope | Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Stars at a Glance | George Philips & Son | Basic General |
| Universe:The | Iain Nicolson and Patrick Moore | Basic General |
| Universe:The…From Flat Earth to Quasar | Isaac Asimov | Basic General |
| Edited by Patrick Moore | 1983 | Basic General |
| Comet | Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan | Comets/Meteors |
| Giotto the the Comets: Tells what a scientific mission in space is really like | Nigel Calder | Comets/Meteors |
| Halley's Comet:The return of.. | Patrick Moore and John Mason | Comets/Meteors |
| Meterorites aconcise account | A.A. Moss | Comets/Meteors |
| Meterorites and their Origins | G.J. Mc Call | Comets/Meteors |
| Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy:The… | Edited Simon Mitton | Encyclopedia/General |
| Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space:The… | Edited by Michael Rycroft | Encyclopedia/General |
| Encyclopedia of Astronomy | Gilbert Satterthwaite | Encyclopedia/General |
| Encyclopedia of Astronomy | Edited Colin Ronan | Encyclopedia/General |
| Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy | Lucien Rudaux and G.Vaucouleurs | Encyclopedia/General |
| Astronomers at Herstmonceux | Edited by Anthony Wilson | Historical |
| Astronomy:Cambridge Illustrated History Series | Edited by Michael Hoskin | Historical |
| Explorers of Space | Patrick Moore | Historical |
| History of Astronomy: Afrom 1890 to the Present | David Leverington | Historical |
| Royal Greenwich Observatory: The: | W.H. McCrea | Historical |
| Royal Observatory Greenwich:The... | Sir Harold Spencer Jones | Historical |
| Serch for the Nebulae | Kenneth Glyn Jones | Historical |
| Story of Jodrell Bank | Bernard Lovell | Historical |
| Their Majesties' AstronomersA survey of Astronomy in Britain | Colin Ronan | Historical |
| Amateur Astronomer and His Telescope:The | Gunter D. Roth | Observing |
| Astronomy with Binoculars | James Muirden | Observing |
| Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy :Tools & Techniques for observations | P. Clay Sherrod | Observing |
| Constellations:A Concise Guide in Colour | Josef Klepesta and Antonin Rukl | Observing |
| Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars | Ernest Cherrington | Observing |
| Guide to Stars and Planets | Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion | Observing |
| How to Identify Night Sky | Storm Dunlop and Will Tirion | Observing |
| Messier Objects: The | Stephen James O'Mera | Observing |
| Messier Objects: The DeepSky Companions | Stephen O'Meara | Observing |
| Meteors: Observers Handbook | Neil Bone | Observing |
| Moon:The and How to Observe it | Peter Grego | Observing |
| Observational Amateur Astronomer:The | Edited by Patrick Moore | Observing |
| Observational Astronomy for Amateurs | J.B. Sidgwick | Observing |
| Observing and Photographing the Solar System | T. Dobbins, D.C. Parker, C.F. Capen | Observing |
| Observing Comets,Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light | Edberg & Levy | Observing |
| Observing the Caldwell Objects | David Ratledge | Observing |
| Observing Variable Stars:A guide for the beginner | David H. Levy | Observing |
| Photographic Atlas of the Stars:The | HJP Arnold, P.Doherty, P. Moore | Observing |
| Practical Amateur Astronomy | Edited Patrick Moore | Observing |
| Sky Watcher's Handbook:The Expert Reference Source for Amateur Astronomers | Edited by James Muirden | Observing |
| Sky: Theauser's guide | David Levy | Observing |
| Webb Society Deep Sky Observers Handbook: Volume 4: Galaxies | Kenneth Glyn Jones: E.S.Barker | Observing |
| Intelligent Life in the Universe | I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan | Other Life |
| Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence SETI | 1977 | Other Life |
| Radio Astronomy | F. Graham Smith | Radio Astronomy |
| Radio Universe:The | J.S. Hey | Radio Astronomy |
| Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Vol 1: Andromeda through Cetus | Robert Burnham Jr. | Reference:Observing |
| Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Vol 2:Chamaeleon through Orion | Robert Burnham Jr. | Reference:Observing |
| Burnham's Celestial Handbook: Vol 3 Pavo through Vulpecula | Robert Burnham Jr. | Reference:Observing |
| Cambridge Star Atlas:The… | Wil Tirion | Reference:Observing |
| Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:The… | Cragin, Lucyk and Rappaport | Reference:Observing |
| Norton's2000:Star Atlas and Reference Handbook | Edited by Ian Ridpath | Reference:Observing |
| Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook | Arthur P. Norton | Reference:Observing |
| Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook | Arthur P. Norton | Reference:Observing |
| Sky Catalogue 2000 Volume 1:Stars to Magnitude 8 | Alan Hirshfeld and Roger Sinnott | Reference:Observing |
| Sky Catalogue 2000 Volume 2: Double Stars, Variable Stars:Nonstellar Objects | Alan Hirshfeld and Roger Sinnott | Reference:Observing |
| Uranometria 2000:Volume 1:The Northern Hemisphers to -6◦ | Tirion, Rappaport and Lovi | Reference:Observing |
| Amateur Astronomers's Photographic Lunar Atlas | Henry Hatfield | Solar System |
| Atlas of the Moon | Antonin Rukl | Solar System |
| Atlas of the Solar System:The | Patrick Moore and Garry Hunt | Solar System |
| Aurora: The..Sun-Earth interactions | Neil Bone | Solar System |
| Earth from Space:The…. | J.Bodechtel and H.G. Gierloff-Emden | Solar System |
| Earth, Moon and Planets | Fred L. Whipple | Solar System |
| Face of the Sun:The | H.W. Newton | Solar System |
| Guide for Observers of the Moon | edited G.W. Amery | Solar System |
| Guide to the Moon | Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Moon: The.. | Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Moon: The.. | Dr. Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Neptune File: ThePlanet Detectives and discovery of worlds unseen | Tom Standage | Solar System |
| New Guide to the Planets | Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| New Solar System:The | J. Kelly Beatty and Andrew Chaikin | Solar System |
| Patrick Moore on Mars | Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Planet Mercury:The.. | E.M. Antoniadi: Trans: Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Planetary Handbook: The Cambridge… | Michael E. Bakich | Solar System |
| Planets and Moons | William J. Kaufmann | Solar System |
| Planets: The | David McNab & James Younger | Solar System |
| Sun and the Amateur Astronomer:The | W.M. Baxter | Solar System |
| Sun: The.. | Iain Nicolson | Solar System |
| Times Atlas of the Moon.The… | 1969 | Solar System |
| Wanderers in Space Exploration and Discovery in the Solar System | Kenneth Lang and Charles Whitney | Solar System |
| Building and Using an Astronomical Observatory | Paul Doherty | Telescopes |
| Choosing and Using A Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope | Rod Mollise | Telescopes |
| Handbook for Telescope Making: | N.E. Howard | Telescopes |
| New Amateur Astronomer: The | Martin Mobberley | Telescopes |
| Telescopes and Techniques: An Introduction to Practical Astronomy | C.R. Kitchin | Telescopes |
DVD/CD/Videos
| Title | Running Time | Classification |
| Encyclopedia Galactica Star Trekking | Video 50 minutes | Astro Physics |
| Encyclopedia Galactica Astronomy and the Stars | Video 50 minutes | Astro Physics |
| The Planets:: The Ultimate Journey to worlds beyond your imagination | Boxed set of two Videos:392 minutes | Basic General |
| The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey: | CD-Rom boxed set of 9 CD-Roms | Reference:Observing |
| Sky Map: Pro 4 | CD-Rom by Chris Marriott | Reference:Observing |
| Cassini Huygens:Grand Tour of Saturn, its Rings and Moons | DVD The PPARC School Packl | Solar System |
| Encyclopedia Galactica:The Inner Solar System | Video 50 minutes | Solar System |
| Encyclopedia Galactica:The Outer Solar System | Video 50 minutes | Solar System |
| Ring World: Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Its Moons | DVD 83 minutes | Solar System |
| Story of the Total Eclipse11th August 1999:The | Video: Presented by Patrick Moore | Solar System |
| Venus ExpressNext Stop Venus | CD-Rom | Solar System |
| YoyagerEncounters with Jupiter & Saturn | Video 28 minutes | Solar System |
| Encyclopedia Galactica Discovery | Video 50 minutes | Space Research |
| Hipparcos: Pinpoints the Stars | Video 14 minutes | Space Research |
| Hubble15 years of Discovery | DVD 83 minutes | Space Research |
| Ulysse the Movie European Space Agency | Video: 25 minutes |