"Modern Moon" vs. "Observing the Moon"

I am considering purchasing a copy of Charles Wood's THE MODERN MOON:
A PERSONAL VIEW. I currently have a copy of Gerald North's OBSERVING
THE MOON and am wondering how the two books compare other than
North's being 165 pp. longer than Wood's. Is the focus different, is
there a lot of overlap in selection of objects for viewing?

Jay Loughlin

Chuck Wood's Book will give you a much better understanding of the lunar
geology involved in producing what you observe.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

Are you interested in understanding optics?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATM_Optics_Software/

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"Jay Loughlin" wrote in message
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I am considering purchasing a copy of Charles Wood's THE MODERN MOON:
A PERSONAL VIEW. I currently have a copy of Gerald North's OBSERVING
THE MOON and am wondering how the two books compare other than
North's being 165 pp. longer than Wood's. Is the focus different, is
there a lot of overlap in selection of objects for viewing?

Jay Loughlin

Having read and used both books I believe that I got something out of
both............. however, I must agree with the previous poster.

If you really want to learn lunar geology that is understandable, I would
read a section in "Modern Moon" and then go out and observe the moon, by
what ever means you have available to you. You can't help but learn
something new and interesting from Wood's book.

North's book was much drier reading. More like an inventory of lunar
features. I just got more out of Modern Moon than I did out of Observing
the Moon.

My 2 bit's

Francis Marion

The US Geological Survey published "The Geologic History of the Moon", USGS
Professional Paper 1348. The original was scanned in and is avaiable in PDF
at http://cps.earth.northwestern.edu/GHM/ The book is over 300 pages and
the file is large.

HTH
Walter


"CLT" not@thisaddress wrote in message
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Chuck Wood's Book will give you a much better understanding of the lunar
geology involved in producing what you observe.

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
Do you observe the moon?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/

Are you interested in understanding optics?
Try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATM_Optics_Software/

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"Jay Loughlin" wrote in message
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I am considering purchasing a copy of Charles Wood's THE MODERN MOON:
A PERSONAL VIEW. I currently have a copy of Gerald North's OBSERVING
THE MOON and am wondering how the two books compare other than
North's being 165 pp. longer than Wood's. Is the focus different, is
there a lot of overlap in selection of objects for viewing?

Jay Loughlin

Sounds like both are worth having.

Thanks to all for the help.


Jay

My motto is, "no such thing as a bad moon book"!
Clearskies!
Orion
"Jay Loughlin" wrote in message
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Sounds like both are worth having.

Thanks to all for the help.


Jay