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Turn left at Orion : hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope-- and how to find them / Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, and Tucson, Arizona), Dan M. Davis (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Edition: Fifth editionDescription: 255 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108457569
  • 1108457568
Subject(s):
Contents:
How do you get to Albireo? -- How to use this book -- Using your telescope -- Know your telescope -- Basic telescope math -- The moon -- The sun -- Observing planets -- The giant planets : Jupiter & Saturn -- Moons and rings -- The fast moving planets : Venus and Mercury -- Mars -- The far, and the faint : Uranus, Neptune, etc -- Seasonal skies : January-March -- About diffuse nebulae -- About open clusters -- Seasonal skies : April-June -- About planetary nebulae -- About galaxies -- About globular clusters -- Seasonal skies : July-September -- Seasonal skies : October-December -- Northern skies -- Southern skies -- About this fifth edition -- Where do you go from here? -- Accessories -- The truth about cats and Dobs -- Tables.
Summary: A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders. --Publisher
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize 523 C755 Available 33111009320033
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With over 150,000 copies sold since its first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. This unique guidebook to the night sky shows you how to observe a host of celestial wonders. Its distinct format of object-by-object spreads illustrates how deep-sky objects and planets actually look through a small telescope, while its large pages and spiral binding allow for use outside. Along with updated star names and astronomical information, this new edition provides links to a dedicated webpage with up-to-date tables and images, and an improved planets chapter. The many Dobsonian-friendly images and small telescope views have been revised to account for changes in modern telescope technology, such as larger field of view eyepieces. With dedicated chapters on Northern and Southern Hemisphere objects, it's never been easier to explore the night sky, wherever you are. Additional resources are available on the accompanying website: www.cambridge.org/turnleft.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How do you get to Albireo? -- How to use this book -- Using your telescope -- Know your telescope -- Basic telescope math -- The moon -- The sun -- Observing planets -- The giant planets : Jupiter & Saturn -- Moons and rings -- The fast moving planets : Venus and Mercury -- Mars -- The far, and the faint : Uranus, Neptune, etc -- Seasonal skies : January-March -- About diffuse nebulae -- About open clusters -- Seasonal skies : April-June -- About planetary nebulae -- About galaxies -- About globular clusters -- Seasonal skies : July-September -- Seasonal skies : October-December -- Northern skies -- Southern skies -- About this fifth edition -- Where do you go from here? -- Accessories -- The truth about cats and Dobs -- Tables.

A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders. --Publisher

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