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Seeing Stars The Night Sky Through Small Telescopes

Seeing Stars is written for astronomers, regardless of the depth of their theoretical knowledge, who are taking their first steps in observational astronomy. Chris Kitchin and Bob Forrest - both professional astronomers - take a conducted tour of the night sky and suggest suitable observing programm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kitchin, C. R., Forrest, Robert W. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London Springer London 1998, 1998
Edition:	1st ed. 1998
Series:	The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Subjects:	Geophysics Astronomy / Observations Astronomy, Observations And Techniques Astrophysics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0621-0?nosfx=y
Collection:	Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa

Table of Contents:

6.2 Cometary Orbits
6.3 The Structure of Comets
6.4 Origins
6.5 Famous Comets
6.6 Nomenclature of Comets
6.7 Observing Comets
7 Stars
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Brightness
7.3 Variable Stars
7.4 Visual Double and Binary Stars
7.5 Star Clusters
8 Nebulae
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Gas and Dust Clouds
8.3 Dark Nebulae
8.4 Reflection Nebulae
8.5 Emission Nebulae
8.6 Supernova Remnants
8.7 Planetary Nebulae
9 Galaxies
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Spiral Galaxies
9.3 Elliptical Galaxies
9.4 Irregular Galaxies
9.5 Quasars, Seyfert Galaxies and Other Active Galaxies
10 Unaided Observations
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Moon
10.3 The Sun
10.4 Meteors
10.5 The Milky Way, the Zodiacal Light and Aurorae
10.6 Comets and Planets
10.7 Spacecraft
10.8 UFOs
11 Advanced Work
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Nebular and Light-pollution Filters
11.3 Colour Filters
11.4 Photography with Your Telescope
11.5 CCDs
11.6 Photometry
11.7 Occultations
11.8 Computers in Astronomy
11.9 Spectroscopy
Appendix 1: Astronomical Societies
Appendix 2: Bibliography
Appendix 3: Messier and Caldwell Catalogues
Appendix 4: A Selection of Choice Astronomical Objects for Viewing
Appendix 5: The Greek Alphabet
Appendix 6: Constellations
Appendix 7: Useful World-Wide-Web and Internet Addresses
Appendix 8: Terminology
1 Finding Your Way Around the Sky
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Constellations
1.3 Star Hopping
1.4 Positions in the Sky
1.5 Star Charts and Other Helpful Items
2 Your Telescope and How to get the Best Out of It
2.1 Telescope Designs
2.2 Eyepieces
2.3 Collimation
2.4 Mountings
2.5 Optics
2.6 Cleaning and Aluminising
2.7 Dewing-up
2.8 Observing Techniques
2.9 Twinkling
2.10 Finder Charts
2.11 Keeping a Log Book
2.12 Discoveries
3 The Sun
3.1 Warning
3.2 Observing the Sun
3.3 Solar Observing Programmes
3.4 More Advanced Work
4 The Moon
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Naked-eye Work and Binoculars
4.3 The Moon through the Telescope
4.4 An Optimum Telescope for Lunar Work
4.5 More Advanced Investigations
5 The Planets and Minor Solar System Objects
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
5.3 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Asteroids
6 Comets
6.1 Introduction

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