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Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar landing sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermost planets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distant galaxies, and quasars. Each target object is accompanied by a rating indicating how difficult the object is to find, an in-depth visual description, an illustration showing how the object realistically looks, and a detailed finder chart to help you find each challenge quickly and effectively. This guide introduces objects often overlooked in other observing guides and challenges are provided for the naked eye, through binoculars, to the largest backyard telescopes. This paperback edition has updated charts and data tables to challenge observers for many years to come.
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Listing more than 500 sky targets this guide will test novices and veterans alike. Each target object is accompanied by a difficulty rating, an in-depth visual description, an eyepiece illustration, and a detailed finder chart. This paperback edition has updated charts and data to challenge observers for years to come.
About the Author
Philip S. Harrington is the author of eight previous books for the amateur astronomer, including Touring the Universe through Binoculars (1990), Star Ware (2007), and Star Watch (2003). He is also a contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, where he has authored the magazine's monthly 'Binocular Universe' column and 'Phil Harrington's Challenge Objects', a quarterly online column on Astronomy.com. He is an Adjunct Professor at Dowling College, New York, where he teaches courses in stellar and planetary astronomy.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1108710751
- ISBN 13 9781108710756
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
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