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The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects : Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies / Mark Bratton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge books onlinePublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (592 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511667589
  • 0511667582
  • 9780521768924
  • 0521768926
  • 9781139220415
  • 1139220411
  • 9781139223843
  • 1139223844
  • 1139217321
  • 9781139217323
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 522
LOC classification:
  • QB64 .B736 2011
Other classification:
  • SCI004000
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Contents:
Introduction -- The telescope maker -- The deep sky before Herschel -- Surveyor of the skies -- The Herschel catalogue: Visual observations; Observing locations and instruments used; Sir William Herschel's original catalogue; Herschel's 'revised' catalogue; Herschel's catalogue (circa 1990); Organization of this guide; Open cluster classification; Globular cluster classification; Planetary nebula classification; Galaxies; Abbreviations in the text; Illustrations; Acknowledgments.
Summary: Provides a complete re-examination of Herschel's entire catalogue; a must-have for amateur astronomers seeking new and exciting observing challenges.
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Provides a complete re-examination of Herschel's entire catalogue; a must-have for amateur astronomers seeking new and exciting observing challenges.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The telescope maker -- The deep sky before Herschel -- Surveyor of the skies -- The Herschel catalogue: Visual observations; Observing locations and instruments used; Sir William Herschel's original catalogue; Herschel's 'revised' catalogue; Herschel's catalogue (circa 1990); Organization of this guide; Open cluster classification; Globular cluster classification; Planetary nebula classification; Galaxies; Abbreviations in the text; Illustrations; Acknowledgments.

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