Here you’ll find our recommendations for resources to improve your astronomy outside of Love the Night Sky.
From blogs and magazines to software and pronunciations, we’ve got you covered.
And if astrophotography is your thing, then there are a load of resources to point you in the right direction for that too.
Astrophotography
We don’t cover much on the subject on Love the Night Sky, but we do have a guide to photographing the night sky and a guide to the best astrophotography telescopes. For more specialist coverage, try these sites:


Cloudy Nights Astrophotography

AstroBin Home of astrophotography

The Deep Sky Imaging Primer (2nd Ed.):
Blogs
There aren’t hundreds of astronomy blogs out there, but the best are those which have been around for years and are still updated regularly. Here’s our pick of the bunch:

Astronomy
Links:

Astroblog:

The Space Writer:

Sky Lights:
Books
Unlike blogs, there are hundreds of astronomy books available. Rather than bombard you with options, here are just a few of our favourites. The links click through to Amazon, where you can buy a copy.

Turn Left
at Orion:

2021: An Astronomical Year

2021 Guide to The Night Sky:

Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas:
Magazines
There are a few decent titles to choose from (see why we recommend Sky & Telescope). Click on the links to see current subscription prices on Amazon.




All About Space:
Pronunciation
Dan Heim has kindly provided a comprehensive pdf document to help us all with pronouncing astronomy terms the correct way.
Software
We only recommend two different pieces of astronomy software, one is free and the other paid.
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