Books by Philip S. Harrington

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Topics covered

• Finders

• Filters

• Collimation tools

• Star diagonals

• Eyepiece cases

• Binocular viewers

• Books, star atlases, and computer software

• Digital setting circles

• Cameras, lenses, and film

• Camera adapters and off-axis guiders

• CCD imagers

• Video cameras

• Star Wear

• Flashlights

• Dew-prevention equipment

• Observing chairs

• Binocular mounts

• Observatories

On-line Bonus Material

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Recommended reading

    Books

• Backyard Astronomer's Guide; Dickinson, T. and Dyer, A.; Camden House, 2002; ISBN 0921820119.  www.backyardastronomy.com

    Web sites

• Affordable Astronomy Equipment Reviews

• A new, but up and coming web site of astronomical equipment reviews.

• Astronomy Software

• A comprehensive listing of astronomy-related software with plenty of links to related Web sites.

• Excelsis Rate Your Equipment

  • An interesting on-line poll that asks visitors to rate their telescopes, binoculars, eyepieces, and other equipment.  Don't take all the remarks seriously, however.

• Scopereviews.com

  • Ed Ting's excellent site devoted to reviews of telescopes and accessories.

• Weatherman.com telescope reviews

• Todd Gross's extensive collection of telescope, binocular, and eyepiece reviews by Boston's premier television meteorologist and others.

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