<p><p>This star guide enables amateur astronomers to focus on a class of object, and using an observation list that begins with the easiest object, find and move progressively over a period of months to more difficult targets. Includes detailed descriptive summaries of each class of object. Amateur
Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects
β Scribed by Michael David Inglis BSc, MSc, PhD, FRAS (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer London
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 331
- Series
- Practical Astronomy Series
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Stars....Pages 23-114
Star Clusters....Pages 115-200
Nebulae....Pages 201-240
Galaxies....Pages 241-292
Faint, Far Away and Invisible....Pages 293-315
Back Matter....Pages 317-324
β¦ Subjects
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Astroparticles
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