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The Messier Album
Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects
Author: Stephen James O'Meara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1107018374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The bright galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae catalogued in the late 1700s by the famous comet hunter Charles Messier are still the most widely observed celestial wonders in the sky. The second edition of Stephen James O'Meara's acclaimed observing guide to the Messier Objects features improved star charts for helping you find the objects, a much more robust telling of the history behind their discovery - including a glimpse into Messier's fascinating life - and updated astrophysical facts to put it all into context. These additions, along with new photos taken with the most advanced amateur telescopes, bring O'Meara's first edition more than a decade into the twenty-first century. Expand your universe and test your viewing skills with this truly modern Messier guide. It is a must for all budding night watchers.
Atlas of the Messier Objects
Author: Ronald Stoyan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-03-28
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 1009364049
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first edition of this stunning reference atlas was hailed as the most comprehensive, detailed, and beautiful account of the Messier objects then available. The second edition of the Atlas continues this trend, with thoroughly updated astrophysical, historical, and observational information and new large-scale color photos for every object.
Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep
Author: Stephen James O'Meara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 499
ISBN-13: 1139500074
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this fresh list, Stephen James O'Meara presents 109 new objects for stargazers to observe. The Secret Deep list contains many exceptional objects, including a planetary nebula whose last thermal pulse produced a circumstellar shell similar to the one expected in the final days of our Sun's life; a piece of the only supernova remnant known visible to the unaided eye; the flattest galaxy known; the largest edge-on galaxy in the heavens; the brightest quasar; and the companion star to one of the first black hole candidates ever discovered. Each object is accompanied by beautiful photographs and sketches, original finder charts, visual histories and up-to-date astrophysical information to enrich the observing experience. Featuring galaxies, clusters and nebulae not covered in other Deep-Sky Companions books, this is a wonderful addition to the series and an essential guide for any deep-sky observer.
The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon
Author: Don Machholz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-10-10
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521803861
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Messier Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star clusters and nebulae, and includes many of the brightest and best-known objects in the sky. Amateur astronomers who find all the objects on the list in one night have successfully completed the Messier Marathon. The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon contains over 90 easy-to-use star maps to guide the observer from one object to the next, and provides tips for a successful night of observing. Don Machholz also tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier, and how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. His complete guide to the Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the Messier Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a pair of binoculars. Don Machholz is an engineer in Auburn, California. Interested in astronomy since childhood, he is a renowned comet hunter, having discovered nine comets that bear his name. He writes articles for local California newspapers and radio stations for special astronomical events. Between 1988 and 2000, Don Machholz was the Comets Recorder for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Recorders.
Visual Astronomy of the Deep Sky
Author: Roger Nelson Clark
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780521361552
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Atlas over de vigtigste galakser og nebuloser, som kan ses i teleskop af amatørastronomer.
Atlas of the Messier Objects
Author: Ronald Stoyan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-02-29
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1009364065
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive, detailed, and beautiful account of the Messier objects available, for amateur astronomers of all abilities.
The Cambridge Deep-Sky Album
Author: Philip Teece
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1983-11-24
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780521256681
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents photographs of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters as photographed in color through a homebuilt telescope.
The Branch
Author: Mireille Messier
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1771387629
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When an ice storm snaps a small girl’s favorite branch from the tree in her yard, she won’t let it be hauled away. To her, it wasn’t just any branch, “It was my castle, my spy base, my ship …” Her neighbor Mr. Frank agrees. He says the branch has “potential,” and the two get to work transforming what was broken into something whole and new, to be enjoyed again and again.
