Amateur astronomy resource guide, cont.

Magazines
Astronomy, published by Kalmbach Publishing.  http://www.kalmbach.com/astro/astronomy.html
Sky & Telescope, published by Sky Publishing Corporation.  http://www.skypub.com

Stores
Lumicon       http://www.lumicon.com
6242 Preston Ave., Livermore    925/447-9570
Note that this is the new address.
Orion Telescope & Binocular Center    http://www.telescope.com
10555 S. De Anza Blvd. at McClellan, Cupertino  408/255-8770
3609 Buchanan St. at Bay, San Francisco   415/931-9966
Scope City       http://www.scopecity.com
350 Bay St., San Francisco    415/421-8800

Books
Skywatching. David Levy, introduction by Robert Burnham.
One of the Nature Company Guides published by Time-Life Books.

Stars and Planets. Donald Menzel, Jay Pasachoff. Peterson Field Guide Series.
Houghton Mifflin Compnay, Boston, MA.

Skyguide.  Mark Chartrand III. Golden Press, NY. Western Publishing Co., Inc., Racine, WI.

Star Ware, The Astronomer's Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories.
Philip S. Harrington. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.

Touring the Universe Through Binoculars, A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook.  Philip S. Harrington. 
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.

The Backyard Astronomer's Guide.  Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer. Camden House Publishing.

NightWatch.  Terence Dickinson. Firefly Books Inc., Buffalo, NY.

Astronomy, a Self Teaching Guide.  Dinah L. Moché.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NY.

Astronomy Today.  Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan.  Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Lumicon 
announces
grand opening at
new location on
Preston Avenue,
Livermore

   Lumicon Inc., long a favorite of TVS members, announces the grand opening of its new location at 6242 Preston Avenue, Livermore, CA. The event is scheduled for October 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served, the latest telescopes will be on display and the store will offer discounts on select products. Lumicon started as the brainchild of Jack Marling in 1979, and developed cutting-edge light pollution filters, astrophotography guiding systems, and digital setting circles. On October 1, 1999 Jack sold Lumicon to a group of employees. The grand opening celebration is open to the public. For more information call 925/447-9570.

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