Facsimile of "A Cycle of Celestial Objects for the Use of Naval, Military, and Private Astronomers . Volume the Second". (from the title page) 560 pp, index.

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Title

The Bedford Catalogue - From A Cycle of Celestial Objects

Publisher

Willmann-Bell

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0943396107

ISBN 13

9780943396101

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Very Good

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William H. Smyth lived from 1788 to 1865. After retiring from the Royal Navy in 1825, he settled in Bedford, England, and started building what was then the finest private observatory in that country. During the 1830's Smyth observed a hugh variety of deep-sky objects, including clusters, nebulae, double stars, and much else. From these observations he wrote 'The Bedford Catalogue, Volume 2 of a Cycle of Celestial Objects which appeared in 1844. For this work the Royal Astronomical Society awarded Smyth its gold medal and elected him president.

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