[PDF] Burnhams Celestial Handbook eBook

Author : Robert Burnham
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486235688

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Offers comprehensive coverage of the numerous celestial objects outside our solar system

Author : Robert Burnham
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486319024

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Volume I of a comprehensive three-part guide to celestial objects outside our solar system ranges from Andromeda to Cetus. Features coordinates, classifications, physical descriptions, hundreds of visual aids. 1977 edition.

Author : Walter Scott Houston
Publisher : Sky Publishing Corporation
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781931559232

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From 1946 to 1994, Sky & Telescope magazine featured a column called Deep-Sky Wonders, in which amateur astronomer Walter Scott "Scotty" Houston captured the wonder and delight of exploring the farthest reaches of the deep sky. In this book, Sky & Telescope contributing editor Stephen James O'Meara presents a month-by-month selection of Scotty's columns along with insightful observations and warm recollections of his time with Scotty. More than a field guide, Deep Sky Wonders is the work of a man who was a major influence on the development of amateur astronomy for nearly half a century.

Author : John Benson Sidgwick
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 32,97 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486240343

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Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. ". . . highly recommended for very serious nonprofessional astronomers." — A Guide to the Literature of Astronomy. 189 illustrations. Reprint of 1971 edition.

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 1995-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521554916

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Superbly illustrated, up-to-date, expanded version of Hartung's indispensable guide, useful to amateur and expert observers.

Author : Robert Burnham
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486318036

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Volume III of a comprehensive three-part guide to celestial objects outside our solar system concludes with listings from Pavo to Vulpecula. While there are many books on stars, there is only one Celestial Handbook. Now completely revised through 1977, this unique and necessary reference is available once again to guide amateur and advanced astronomers in their knowledge and enjoyment of the stars. After an extensive introduction in Volume I, which gives the beginner enough information to follow about 80 percent of the body of the material, the author gives comprehensive coverage to the thousands of celestial objects outside our solar system that are within the range of telescopes in the two- to twelve-inch range. The objects are grouped according to the constellations in which they appear. Each constellation is divided into four subject sections: list of double and multiple stars; list of variable stars; list of star clusters, nebulae and galaxies; and descriptive notes. For each object the author gives names, celestial coordinates, classification, and full physical description. These, together with a star atlas, will help you find and identify almost every object of interest. But the joy of the book is the descriptive notes that follow. They cover history, unusual movements or appearance, and currently accepted explanations of such visible phenomena as white dwarfs, novae and super novae, cepheids, mira-type variables, dark nebulae, gaseous nebulae, eclipsing binary stars, the large Magellanic cloud, the evolution of a star cluster, and hundreds of other topics, many of which are difficult to find in one place. Hundreds of charts and other visual aids are included to help in identification. Over 300 photographs capture the objects and are works of beauty that reflect the enthusiasm that star gazers have for their subject. Robert Burnham, Jr., who was on the staff of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, conceived the idea of The Celestial Handbook decades ago, when he began assembling a notebook of all the major facts published about each celestial object. In its former, privately printed edition, this handbook was acclaimed as one of the most helpful books for astronomers on any level.

Author : Christian B. Luginbuhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 1998-09-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521625562

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The most detailed guide to observing the deep sky in one volume, now available in paperback.

Author : Robert Burnham
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486317935

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Volume II of a comprehensive three-part guide to celestial objects outside our solar system ranges from Chamaeleon to Orion. Features coordinates, classifications, physical descriptions, hundreds of visual aids. 1977 edition.