4th edition of turn left at orion .

[rory]

thought id give a review of the updated "turn left at orion" .as alot of us own a copy of an older version or have read an older version,and might wonder if its worth the money to update .

okay well its now spiral bound which is good. however the paper seems to me very thin. thinner than the norm. i can see outlines from the next page quite easily.

thats probably the only negative i can think of.

its a must for the novice and handy for the more experienced.

starts with all the contents of the original
how do you get to alberio, how to use this book,know your telescope and so on.
then the changes become apparent.
the moon chapter is great and contains around 18 pages of information and things to see at certain phases.
all the planets are covered and tables go up to 2024.again they go into a little more deatail than they did on older editions.
as you go through the seasonal objects ,its clear they have rewrote alot of the text and the drawings and diagrams have been refined.
to give one example of the extra info they provide ,theres a two page spread on doubles to view in orion. and another spread on andromeda doubles. also there are more pages dedicated to southern sights.
another difference this time is they have included on every object the view you should see in a 8"-10" newtonian as well as the usual 3-4" telescope. and give each object a 1 to 4 rating with each of the optical aids
binocular- small scope- large scope.
its all been kept to that straight foward formula of one object per page for the most part and the text is quite large,which no doubt help when outside in the dark under the red light.
over all then i would most certainly recomend this book , even if you own an older edition. i sold my old copy to help fund the new one ,so it only cost me £3.00 in real terms.
a book that experienced astromers might enjoy and use for occasional reference. BUT for a beginer/novice out there,its probably the best book you could put your hands on. i know mine will be by my side every time i venture out to view the stars,weather with bino's or telescope.

clear sky

[sxinias]

Thanks for taking the time to let us know what's in the new addition. LIke you say, its a great book.

[aodrifty]

Yes I love the new edition also
Tim

[Joe Lalumia]

Yes, Brother Guy showed us a copy at our recent banquet down here in Texas. It's actually the 2nd Edition although some corrections have been made over the years to the original version-- and has a blue cover:
Turn Left at Orion 2nd Edition by Consolmagno | 0521482119 | 9780521482110 | Chegg.com

The blue cover is what you want to look for. According to Brother Guy and what we saw--- this is a completely revised edition.

[jproffitt1]

I have the 4th edition also. Very good resource book.

[Eamon O Regan]

Great review I will be adding this book to my small but growing astronomy book collection soon.

[terrynak]

Didn't know there was a revised version of this book until I got a brochure mailed to me from Cambridge University Press last week called "New Titles in Amateur Astronomy 2012 ". "Turn Left at Orion" was the featured new book displayed on the front cover. I noticed that the cover art has been updated to show a silhouette of a man looking through a truss-tube Dob, along with the more familiar one showing father and daughter with a 60mm. refractor.

Anyways, I just ordered one (I had previously checked out the book from the public library). Looking forward to receiving it.

[deaman49]

Thanks for taking the time and reviewing this book. It's appreciated a lot!

[rainguy]

I ordered mine from Amazon already and it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. After reading your review, I plan to sit down with it for a good hour as soon as it arrives. Thanks for the preview, rory.

[Jeremyatom]

I just got my copy in the mail yesterday. Since it was clouds and rain all day and night, I sat down with it and read through a bunch.
So far I love it! Very handy and useful. The spiral bound is a great bonus too.