Friends of the Claremont Library

Telescope Lending Program

CHECK OUT THE

CLAREMONT GALACTIC SPACE VIEWER
   Friends of the Claremont Library and the Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers (PVAA) are proud to introduce the Claremont Galactic Space Viewer, the "star" of the library's new Telescope Lending Program. Patterned after a similar program in New Hampshire, our library now has an Orion StarBlast Reflector telescope that can be checked out for a week at a time to patrons age 18 and older who have a library card. (Parents can check out the scope to use with their kids.) The Orion StarBlast is a sturdy tabletop telescope appropriate for beginners, and a user-friendly guide and other materials come with it. Our partnership with the PVAA includes their technical help and expertise as well as educational presentations at the library.

    Check our astronomy reading list (to the right), and follow a fun astronomy blog here.

ASTRONOMY 101:
A BASIC READING LIST

Friends of the Claremont Library purchased a collection of astronomy books to enhance the telescope lending program. All but one of these books are available at the Claremont Library:

Nightwatch, by Terrence Dickinson

 

Binocular Highlights by Gary Seronik

 

The Sky & Telescope Pocket Sky Atlas

 

The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara

 

Astronomy Hacks by Robert and Barbara Thompson

 

The Backyard Astronomers Guide by Terrence Dickinson and Alan Dyer

 

A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll

 

Urban Astronomer's Guide  by Rob Mollise

 

Deep Sky Wonders by Sue French


Turn Left at Orion by Guy Consolmagno and Dan Davis (OUT OF PRINT but copies at other Co. Libraries)
All you need to know -- and more!
To learn about the library's telescope-lending policies, click here.
To read the manual for the Orion StarBlast, click here.
To peruse the checklist that comes with the telescope, click here