The Messier objects field guide : a new look at the most famous deep-sky wonders in the heavens / St...
The Messier objects field guide : a new look at the most famous deep-sky wonders in the heavens / St...
The Messier objects field guide : a new look at the most famous deep-sky wonders in the heavens / Stephen James O'Meara ; foreword by David H. Levy.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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1998.
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T0391071
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English
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xiv, 304 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Foreword / David H. Levy -- 1. Charles Messier and his catalogue / David H. Levy -- 2. How to observe the Messier objects -- 3. The making of this book -- 4. The Messier objects -- 5. Some thoughts on Charles Messier -- 6. Twenty spectacular non-Messier objects -- App. A. Objects Messier could not f...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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New York (State)
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1998.
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Charles Messier (1730-1817) devoted much of his life to searching the skies for comets. As he continued his comet hunting, Messier added other curious deep-sky objects to the list, largely with help from a young rival, Pierre Mechain. By 1781 the Messier catalog had grown to 103 entries. Two centuries later, backyard observers still consider many o...
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The Messier objects field guide : a new look at the most famous deep-sky wonders in the heavens / Stephen James O'Meara ; foreword by David H. Levy.
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Deep-sky companions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index.
Transferred from N523.8/67.
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T0391071
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0521553326
9780521553322
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523.8
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991010097249702626
