Observing handbook and catalogue of deep-sky objects /

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Author / Creator:Luginbuhl, Christian B.
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990, c1989.
Description:xi, 352 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/971512
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Other authors / contributors:Skiff, Brian A.
ISBN:0521256658
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • List of charts, tables and figures
  • Prolegomenon
  • Part I. Amateur Observing
  • Telescopes
  • Eyepieces
  • Finderscopes and finding
  • Star atlases
  • Gadgets
  • Looking through the telescope
  • Lighting and the recording of notes
  • Observing locations
  • Instruments used in the survey of deep-sky objects
  • Observing sites for the survey
  • Part II. Deep-Sky Data Sources
  • Galaxies
  • Open clusters
  • Globular clusters
  • Planetary nebulae
  • Galactic nebulae
  • Double stars
  • Part III. Observations
  • Notes on references for deep-sky observers
  • Catalogue
  • Appendix of double stars