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

• Main Author: Cavin, Jerry D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Geographical information systems.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

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...