The Herschel Objects, and How to Observe Them - Brossura

Mullaney, James

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ISBN 10: 0387681248 ISBN 13: 9780387681245

Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2007

Riassunto

Amateur astronomers are always on the lookout for new observing challenges. This exciting book retraces the steps of the greatest visual observer and celestial explorer who ever lived. This is a practical guide to locating and viewing the most impressive of Herschel’s star clusters, nebulae and galaxies, cataloging more than 600 of the brightest objects, and offering detailed descriptions and images of 150 to 200 of the best.

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Recensione:

"Mullaney packs an incredible amount of information into this 166-page book. ... All in all, The Herschel Objects, and how to observe them is engaging, challenging, well-written, and comprehensive. So, if you love deep-sky observing and even if you ve observed the Astronomical League s Herschel 400 Mullaney s book offers a new list with several hundred additional objects you ll enjoy." --Michael Bakich, Astronomy Magazine, October, 2007

"The Herschel Objects and How to Observe Them is a fine addition to the Springer series of observing guides. Mullaney has been observing the Herschel objects for many years and his passion for them clearly comes across. ... Overall though, this is a book that will be a useful addition to any deep-sky observer s library." --Paul Money, BBC Sky at Night, February, 2008

L'autore:

James Mullaney is an astronomy writer, lecturer and consultant who has published more than 500 articles and five books on observing the wonders of the heavens, and logged over 20,000 hours of stargazing time with the unaided eye, binoculars and telescopes. Formerly Curator of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in Pittsburgh and more recently Director of the DuPont Planetarium, he served as staff astronomer at the University of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Observatory and for Spitz Space Systems. He has also been an editor for Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, and Star & Sky magazines. One of the contributors to Carl Sagan’s award-winning Cosmos PBS-Television series, his work has received recognition from such notables as Sir Arthur Clarke, Johnny Carson, Ray Bradbury, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and former student – NASA scientist/astronaut Dr. Jay Apt. In February of 2005, he was elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society of London.

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• Editore: Springer Nature
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0387681248
• ISBN 13: 9780387681245
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 167