The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to the Deep-Sky Catalogs

All of us familiar with astronomy know of Charles Messier and his early work on creating a catalog of celestial objects. Did you know that Messier was compiling a list of objects to avoid when searching the skies? He was a comet hunter, and he wanted to not mistake other things for comets. Other lis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cavin, Jerry D. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
Subjects:
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy.
Geographic information systems.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Geographical Information System.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Claudius Ptolemy and the Almagest
  • Chapter 2: The Abd-al-Rahman Al-Sufi Catalog
  • Chapter 3: Ulugh Beg
  • Chapter 4: The Tycho Brahe Catalog
  • Chapter 5: The Johannes Hevelius Catalog
  • Chapter 6: The Charles Messier Catalog
  • Chapter 7: The Johann Elert Bode Catalog
  • Chapter 8: Christian Mayer Catalog
  • Chapter 9: The Herschel Catalogs
  • Chapter 10: The J.L.E. Dreyer and the NGC Catalog
  • Chapter 11: Halton Arp and the Arp Catalog
  • Chapter 12: The Caldwell Catalog
  • References
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B.- Index.

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