Terence Dickinson (1943–2023)
Author of Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for Beginners
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Works by Terence Dickinson
From the Big Bang to Planet X: The 50 Most-Asked Questions about the Universe ... And Their Answers (1993) 28 copies
Guardare la notte 2 copies
The Universe... And Beyond 1 copy
The Hubble Space Telescope 1 copy
Halley's Comet 1 copy
SkyNews Magazine May/June 2016 — Editor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Dickinson, Terence
- Birthdate
- 1943-11-10
- Date of death
- 2023-02-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada (residence)
- Country (for map)
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Yarker, Ontario, Canada
- Occupations
- Science writer
Editor of Astronomy magazine
Planetarium instructor - Organizations
- St. Lawrence College, Ontario, Canada
SkyNews Magazine - Awards and honors
- Order of Canada ( [1995])
New York Academy of Sciences Book of the Year
Sandford Fleming Medal
Asteroid Namesake ("5272 Dickinson")
Klumpke-Roberts Award (1996) - Short biography
- Born in 1943, Dickinson is a leading amateur astronomer and author. He has written 25 books and numerous articles in SkyNews magazine.
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The Backyard Astronomer's Guide (2021) by Terence Dickinson
Features a picture of our very own Roger Hill, at the Texas Star Party, in 2007, illustrating a point about lifting heavy objects.
Granted...I picked this book up after the charts had already run out. I love stargazing and was hoping to get a little more insight into night photography and general gazing. I already have some excellent star books. This adds a little info but nothing any good stargazing book wouldn't already cover. If this is the first stargazing book you are picking up I think you will find it very good.
Unfortunately, the book is older. In the few times he mentions photography he is still using 35mm film :) He does list the lens that he uses. He said for some things you need at least 200mm but a lot of his pictures were taken with a 50mm which I was happy to find out because I have a nice 50mm lens but my 200mm lens is not as nice ;)… (more)
Unfortunately, the book is older. In the few times he mentions photography he is still using 35mm film :) He does list the lens that he uses. He said for some things you need at least 200mm but a lot of his pictures were taken with a 50mm which I was happy to find out because I have a nice 50mm lens but my 200mm lens is not as nice ;)… (more)
I've used this book for many years in my Science classes.
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