Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies: A New Approach to Observing Deep Space

by Antony Cooke

Book Overview

Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other advances in technology, have brought the deep sky - star clusters, nebulae and the galaxies - within reach of amateur astronomers. Given a site with clear, dark night skies everything else follows. This book provides the reader with everything he needs to know about what to observe, and using some of today's state-of-the-art technique and commercial equipment, how to get superb views of faint and distant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852339012
• ISBN13: 9781852339012
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"