David Pastern · Apr 28, 2026, 06:15 AM
Brian Boyle · Apr 27, 2026, 07:37 AM
John Hayes · Apr 27, 2026 at 02:31 AM
Brian Boyle · Apr 26, 2026, 07:43 PM
So I am delighted to see this new publication. From the screenshots, it looks fantastic and it is a must purchase for me.
Getting it from the UK site is a little expensive at the moment (around NZD250) so I may wait for Amazon.
Everyone loves the southern hemisphere, except when it comes to posting things to it!
Brian,
I wondered if any of the methods that I use to ship stuff down to my scope in Chile might be cheaper but I ran into the same problem getting Charlie’s book to you in NZ. My initial search shows that it costs way more than the cost of the book to get it there! I haven’t totally given up so, if a miracle happens and I find a way to buy it here and ship it to you for a reasonable price, I’ll PM you.
John
Hi John,
Many thanks to you and @Charles Bracken for the kind, helpful and supportive words. Yes, I sympathize will frieght costs to the Southern Hemisphere. US International postal rate are just eye-watering large. .[It’s why I haven’t bought anything from the US in the las three years].
I may just go ahead and order from the UK site. Not sure if the UK has VAT on books, but certainly the website doesn't seem to take any tax off for exporting outside UK. I suspect I will get slugged tax against at NZ border. Paying tax once in unfortunate, paying it twice is careless. [Sorry couldn’t resist the Wilde paraphrase, I agree with paying tax once.]
However, I really want to support Charles’ in his endeavor (I know how little one makes from book sales) and also to thank him for being much of the inspiration for me starting in this hobby rather late in life. If Amazon to the Southern Hemisphere is likely to be delayed (how ironic!) they I will just go ahead.
Northern Hemisphere carpetbaggery. You can observe our objects, steal our geographic names, but you can’t post a book. ;-)
And yes, I will probably get the app too. But I am old and I love books. Particularly those that contains maps and pictures.
As an Aussie, I can confirm that shipping costs are out of control to Australia. US shipping prices went AWOL with covid and never returned to their pre-covid rates. I used to buy a lot of music CDs off eBay US and shipping costs back then were USD $8, but are now USD $50ish.
Charles, might I suggest a digital version of the book? I know that potentially leaves the door open to piracy though, but it would be a good way to help non US residents who face hefty shipping costs.
Note: I came across this thread by accident and I’m no longer actively involved in Astrophotography for a number of health/financial reasons, but I’d still buy the book if shipping was more manageable.
My aim was that the app would fill that need, but I’ll consider a pdf version. It might be unwieldy at 728 pages, though!
I finish got my copy after some delay!