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Lending
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To check out books,
magazines or DVDs, email Librarian Tim Plunkett or telephone at 540-891-8329.
Books and DVDs are available only
to members, for a period of one month, and must be returned to
the club at the next monthly meeting for useby other club members.
If no one else wishes to use the material it may be retained
for an additional month per each request. Past issues of Sky
& Telescope and Astronomy magazines are available
to visitors as well as members on a monthly basis.
To join RAC, visit our JoinRAC
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DVDs |
Sky & Telescope Magazine |
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400 Years of the Telescope DVD (PBS)
The Universe, Collector's Edition
Megaset DVD
- The Universe Season 1
- The Universe Season 2
- The Planets
- How the Earth Was Made
- Beyond the Big Bang
- Backyard Astronomer
- Inside the Volcano
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1976 1
1977 1, 3, 6, 11
1978 3, 4, 7
1979 3, 4, 7
1995
2, 3, 4, 5, 11
1996 1, 5
1997 10,
12
1999 4
2004 4
2005
10, 11, 12
2006 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11,
12
2007 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Books |
Astronomy Magazine |
Recent additions:
The
Backyard Astronomer's Guide by
Terence Dickenson and Alan Dyer, 2002 (6 copies)
Atlas of the Universe by Patrick Moore, 2007 (2
copies)
The ALPO Solar System Ephemeris 1992
Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System
by Ride, O?Shaughnessy, 1992
Skyguide: A Field Guide to the Heavens by Mark
R. Chartrand, 1990
Amazing Space Facts by Dinah L. Moche?,1988
The Beginner's Guide to Astronomy by Brian Jones,
1987
Album of Spaceflight by Tom McGowen, 1987
The Planets various,1985
Stars: A Golden Guide by Zim, Baker, Chartrand
(revised), 1985
Spacefarers of the 80s and 90s: The next thousand people
in space by Alcestis R. Oberg, 1985
Armchair Astronomy by Patrick Moore, 1984
The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg, 1983
The New Astronomy:Probing the Secrets of Space
by Fred D'Ignazio, 1982
Comets by Scientific American,1981
Burnham's Celestial Handbook: V.1 (Andromeda Through Cetus)
by Robert Burnham Jr., 1978
Burnham's Celestial Handbook: V.2 (Chamaeleon Through Orion)
by Robert Burnham Jr., 1978
The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy by Simon
Mitten,1978
Comets, Meteorites & Men by Peter Lancaster
Brown, 1973
Astronomy: Second Edition by E. G. Ebbighausen,
1971
First on The Moon by Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin,
1970
Amateur Astronomy by Patrick Moore, 1968
The Telescope Makers by Barbara Land, 1968
How to Make A Telescope by Jean Texereau, 1963
Discover the Stars: A beginner's Guide to Astronomy
by Johnson, Adler, 1962
This is Outer Space by Lloyd Motz, 1962
Astronomy by Fred Hoyle,1962
Introduction to Astronomy by Dean B. McLaughlin,1961
Frontiers of Astronomy by Fred Hoyle, 1955
Astronomy Russell-Dugan-Stewart, 1927 |
1985 12
1986 8, 10
1987
11, 12
1988 4
1989 8, 10, 12
1990 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1991
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1992 2, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1994 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1995 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12
1996 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
1997 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
1998
1, 3, 10
2007 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12
2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
2009
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Sky Watch |
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2005, 2006, 2007 |
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