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Observer's guide to star clusters Mike Inglis
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy (R0) eBooks 2013 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inglis, Mike, 1954-
- Series:
- Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series
- The Patrick Moore practical astronomy series 1431-9756
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stars--Clusters.
- Stars.
- Astronomy.
- astronomy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Astronomy.
- Genre:
- Observations
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY Springer ©2013
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is for amateur astronomers of all expertise, from beginner to experienced. It is intended to be used at the telescope - small, medium, or large - or even by an observer using binoculars or the naked eye. It is organized by constellation and will enable practical observers to locate the approximate positions of important star clusters in the 88 constellations from literally anywhere on Earth. In practice, GO-TO telescopes can usually locate clusters accurately enough, but this, of course, first requires that the observer knows what is visible in the sky at a given time and from a given location, so as to input a locatable object! This is where the book becomes an essential aid to finding star clusters to observe. Observers who do not have computer-controlled telescopes can of course use the traditional 'star-hopping' method to find specific objects, starting from the given reference stars. The constellation maps in this book are in black and white, so that they can be read by the light of a red LED observer's reading light. The clusters and their names/numbers are printed in bold black, against a 'grayed-out' background of stars and constellation figures. Used as a self-contained reference, Observer's Guide to Star Clusters offers detailed and up-to-date coverage of these beautiful objects. This book will soon become an essential piece of equipment for you, as essential as your telescope!
- Contents:
- Introduction to Star Clusters
- How to observe and image star clusters
- How to use the star maps
- Constellations A-Z
- Notes:
- Includes index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 31, 2013)
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Other Format:
- Print version Inglis, Michael. Observer's Guide to Star Clusters
- ISBN:
- 9781461475675
- 1461475678
- 146147566X
- 9781461475668
- 1299858627
- 9781299858626
- OCLC:
- 854759218
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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