The amateur astronomer
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The amateur astronomer
Cambridge University Press, c1990
11th ed
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Includes index
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Description
An introduction to astronomy, starting with an account of the historical background, followed by hints on choosing and maintaining observing equipment. The reader is guided through the various objects that can be seen in the night sky, from planets to star clusters to distant galaxies.
Table of Contents
- The unfolding universe
- Telescopes
- Observatories - and observing hints
- The Solar System
- The sun
- The moon
- Occultations and eclipses
- Glows in the sky
- The nearer planets
- The outer planets
- Comets and meteors
- The stellar sky
- The nature of a star
- Double stars
- Variable stars
- Star-clusters and nebulae
- Planetary data
- Satellite data
- The brightest asteroids
- Phenomena of Mercury, 1988-95 5
- Phenomena of Venus, 1988-95
- Oppositions of the superior planets, 1988-95 7
- Jupiter - transit observations
- Saturn - intensity estimates
- Observing the sun
- Eclipses of the sun, 1988-95
- Eclipses of the moon, 1988-95
- The limiting lunar detail visible with various appertures
- The lunar maps
- Some of the more important periodical comets
- Some of the more important annual meteor showers
- The constellations
- Proper names of stars
- Stars of the first magnitude
- Standard stars for each magnitude
- The Greek alphabet
- Stellar spectra
- Limiting magnitudes and separations for various appertures
- Angular distances between selected stars - and declination of bright stars
- Double stars for various apertures
- The observation of variable stars
- The observation of double stars.
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