Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Library Project
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is downsizing its local offices and finding new homes for its incredible library of hundreds of books from textbooks to popular science, history to biographies, and star atlases to space exploration.
You can browse each bookcase via the links below and submit a question, request, etc. via the Contact form for anything that strikes your fancy or anything you’d like to know more about. We will respond with the cost of the book(s) plus shipping (media rate) and instructions on how to purchase.
In addition to the books shown here, a small amount are being sold via Ebay. Click here to view all our listings .
Bookcase A: the Universe
Bookcase A includes: the Universe (beginning, mysteries, evolution, future), cosmology, dark matter, and more.
Bookcase B: Galaxies & Stars
Bookcase B includes: Large scale structure, galaxies, stars, stellar evolution, variable stars, supernovae, black holes, and multiwavelength astronomy.
Bookcase E: Planets & the Solar System
Bookcase E includes: books on individual bodies in the solar system (sun + planets + minor bodies like comets, asteroids, and meteors).
Bookcase F: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, & Multicultural Astro
Bookcase F includes: quantum mechanics, relativity, time, general pop-sci astronomy books, and multicultural astronomy books.
Bookcase G: Textbooks & Education
Bookcase G includes: educational texts for science, science teachers, intro astronomy, intro physics, and cosmology.
Bookcase H: Proofs & Pop-Sci
Bookcase H includes: uncorrected proofs and popular mainstream science books/authors.
Bookcase J: Earth, the Moon, & the Search for Life
Bookcase J includes: Earth, Earth Science, the Moon, history of humans and the cosmos, philosophy of science/astronomy, and life outside our solar system.
Bookcase K: Extraterrestrial Life & Telescopes + Observatories
Bookcase K includes: SETI, extraterrestrial life, history of telescopes and observatories, and modern observatories.
Bookcase L: Biographies & History of Astronomy
Bookcase L includes: biographies, women in science, and history of astronomy.
Bookcase M: Space Exploration
Bookcase M includes: anything to do with human and robotic space exploration, some aviation topics as well.
Bookcase N: Solar System
Bookcase N includes: solar ephemerides, solar eclipse, planetary and solar system studies, and planetary ephemerides.
Bookcase P: Stargazing & Amateur Astronomy
Bookcase P includes: general stargazing, the night sky, amateur astronomers, deep sky objects, and operating and/or building your own telescope.
Bookcase R: Observational Astronomy & Astrophotography
Bookcase R includes: computers/calculations in astronomy, observational astronomy, astrophotography, optics, orbital mechanics, and celestial mechanics.
Bookcase S: Astrophysics
Bookcase S includes: graduate level texts on stars, stellar atmospheres, particle physics, and astrophysics.
Large Format Books
Large format books range from coffee table photo books about astronomy, space, and space exploration to historical atlases.
Atlases and Stargazing
Windowsill books include: large sky atlases, amateur astronomy, backyard astronomy, etc.

