The obvious omissions from this page are Jean Meeus' excellent books, which are not in print in the UK; they may be obtained via the USA Mathematical Astronomy Books Page
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Duffett-Smith, Peter J. Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator Very useful book, covering time, co-ordinate systems, orbital systems and the Moon. A simple school calculator is adequate, as long as it has trig functions and a square root button. |
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Montenbruck, Oliver & Pfleger, T Astronomy on the Personal Computer With CD-ROM, including source code. Progresses from co-ordinate transformations toadvanced methods for planetary positions, purturbations, eclipses, occultations, etc. |