3,000 Deep-Sky Objects An Annotated Catalogue /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aranda, Ted (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

The Annotated Catalog of 3,000 Deep-Sky Objects is a record of the most extensive and systematic visual survey of the sky done in modern times. The 3,000 deep-sky objects listed contain short descriptions of what these objects look like in the author’s powerful binocular telescope. Objects in the bo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Part I: Introduction
• The Observing Project: An Overview
• Objects Chosen and Mode of Observing
• Verbal Descriptions vs. Illustrations
• Instrumentation
• The GC/NGC Descriptions and the Herschels
• Observational Parameters in the Descriptions of This Catalogue
• The Visual Appearance of Deep-Sky Objects
• Binocular Vision
• How to Use this Catalogue
• Part II: The Catalogue
• 0-6 hours: Fall
• 6-12 hours: Winter
• 12-18 hours: Spring
• 18-24 hours: Summer
• Appendix A: Making a Sky Atlas
• Appendix B: Notes on Object Descriptions
• Appendix C: The Visibility of Galatic Detail
• Appendix D: Building a Binocular Telescope
• Acknowledgements
• Index.