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Celestial objects for modern telescopes
- Title
- Celestial objects for modern telescopes / Michael A. Covington.
- Author
- Covington, Michael A., 1957-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 268 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Like most amateur astronomers, Covington has a day job (computational linguistics, U. of Georgia, but starts his real life when the sun goes down. He explains to kindred souls how to use the new generation of telescopes now available--portable, compact, and probably computer- controlled--and the new high-quality data sources such as satellites and the Internet. The companion volume is How to Use a Computerized Telescope. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
- Series Statement
- Practical amateur astronomy
- Uniform Title
- Practical amateur astronomy.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- manuals (instructional materials)
- handbooks.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Guides et manuels.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Using the book effectively -- Observing sites and conditions -- The Moon, the Sun, and eclipses -- The planets -- Comets, asteroids (minor planets), and artificial satellites -- Constellations -- Stars-identification, nomenclature, and maps -- Star-physical properties -- Double and multiple stars -- Variable stars -- Clusters, nebulae, and galaxies -- How these objects were chosen -- The January-February sky -- The March-April sky -- The May-June sky -- The July-August sky -- The September-October sky -- The November-December sky.
- ISBN
- 0521524199
- 9780521524193
- LCCN
- 2003271635
- OCLC
- ocm50177209
- 50177209
- SCSB-8926198
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library