AAAP Library Holdings and Archive


Our organization boasts a fine collection of books, videotapes and software, spanning the gamut of astronomy interests. Here you'll find classic texts such as A Star Called the Sun by George Gamow, to old favorites like First Men In the Moon by H.G. Wells.

Perhaps revisiting Carl Sagan as he takes you through the sensational Cosmos television series entices you. We have the complete set for the borrowing.

Our Club Archivist Larry Kane welcomes all club members inquiries and suggestions. Larry is also looking for additions (and editions) which may prove interesting to the AAAP membership. Please contact him and let him know if you have materials to contribute.

Here is a list of the current holdings. Materials are added with some frequency, so be sure to check back.


Materials available to AAAP members as of August 2007:
Click here to request an item.


* indicates a recent acquisition.


Books

A Star Called The Sun by George Gamow
Astronomy by E.G. Ebbighausen
Astronomy by Fred Hoyle
Astronomy by Jastrow and Thompson
Black Holes by Walter Sullivan
Comets and Their Origin, The  by R.A. Lyttleton
Exploration Of The Universe by George Abell
First Men In The Moon, The  by H.G. Wells
Frontiers Of Astrophysics by Eugene Avrett
Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing, The  (includes AIP4WIN CDROM) by Richard Berry & James Burnell
How The Universe Was Born by John A. Piret
Hubble Atlas Of The Galaxies, The  by Allan Sandage
Intelligent Life In The Universe by I.S. Shklovskii and Carl Sagan
Kepler - A Novel by John Banville
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Man's View Of The Universe by George Tauber
*Photoshop for Astrophotographers by Jerry Lodriguss (book on CD)
Red Giants And White Dwarfs by Robert Jastrow (2 copies)
*The Scientist As Rebel by Freeman Dyson
Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes by H.R. Suiter
Telescope Optics by Rutten & Verooij
Universe Around Us, The  by Sir James Jeans
Universe, The  by Juan King
Universe, The  by Lloyd Motz
Until The Sun Dies by Robert Jastrow
U.S. Observatories, by H.T. Kirby-Smith
 
 

VHS Videotapes

AAAP Observatory Training, #1 January 1997
AAAP Observatory Training, #2 January 1997
AAAP Observatory Training, March 1995
Astrophotography by Roger Tuthill
Basic Astronomy by Roger Tuthill
Cosmos (episodes 5-13)
Cosmos, Complete Set (episodes 1-13)
Creation Of the Universe, The, 1985
From Here To Infinity: The Ultimate Voyage, 1994
Longitude
Mars, NASA
Occultations, Grazes, Eclipses, David Dunham
Stargazers, Lowell Observatory
 
 
 

Software

CD ROM

Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 (Macintosh)
Adobe PageMill 3.0 (Macintosh)
AIP4WIN (with Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing)
Distant Suns
Guide Star Chart ver. 32.0, Pluto Project
Mars Rover Northern Hemisphere
Mars Rover Southern Hemisphere
Picture Window Pro 2.5
*Photoshop for Astrophotographers by Jerry Lodriguss (book on CD)
Red Shift ver. 1.2 with Guide (WIN, MAC)
SDSS Sampler vol. 1
Through The Eye of Hubble - Screen Saver
 

3.5 inch floppy (IBM PC compatible)

Dance of the Planets (w/Skyglobe)
Hypersky Demo
 

5.25 inch floppy (IBM PC compatible)

ACE v1.0, November 1989 (2 disks)
Astro2, November 1989
Astrol, November 1989
Starview v1.0.09, April 1989
USNO Floppy Almanac, 1990
 
 

Magazines and Pamphlets

Aerospace Safety:  2/67, 5/67
Astronomy 6/00-12/00, 1/01-5/01
Best Deep Sky Objects Chart (2 copies)
Comet Halley Handbook
Deep Sky, Winter 1983
International Halley Watch, #2, #3, #4
NASA Halley Watch- Methods
Natural History 2/2000
Science:  1/7/2000
Sky & Telescope:  12/69, 1/70, 2/70, 3/70, 5/70, 8/70, 6/00, 3/01
Telescope Making, Winter 1983
 

*AAAP Related Materials

The archieve contains numerous historical  materials dating back to AAAP's inception in 1962.  They include:

Financial Records
Meeting Minutes
Newsletters
Observatory Blueprints
Observatory Construction Photos
Photographs (prints and slides)
Rosters
The current AAAP Constitution & By-Laws are available here  (PDF)


Observatory Software

The Sky, version 4, level IV - CD ROM - (noncirculating)
The Sky, version 5, level IV - CD ROM - (noncirculating)
TPoint - 3.5 inch floppy - (noncirculating)
CCDSoft - 3.5 inch floppy - (noncirculating)
Paramount GT-1100 including RASClient and RASServer - CD ROM
 

For a complete list contact Larry Kane as noted above.