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3 Table of Contents: “...Of eclipses and mankind -- Concorde, a dream taking off -- Clear obscurity -- Towards the longest...”

4 Table of Contents: “... -- Chapter 5: Observation and Equipment -- Chapter 6: The More Obscure Sights -- Chapter 7: The Time...”

5 “... of almost everything that we see is the defining dimension of dark shading, or even the complete obscuration...”

6 Table of Contents: “... of the Observed and of the Random Distribution Curves of Galaxies -- 27. Intergalactic Obscuration -- 28. Counts...”

7 Table of Contents: “... . . . -- Normal Nearby Galaxies -- Obscured Activity: AGN, Quasars, Starbursts and ULIGs Observed by the Infrared...”

8 Table of Contents: “... of IMF Variations -- Evidence Supporting the Universality of the IMF -- The Stellar Content of Obscured...”

9 Table of Contents: “... they are not -- Ultraviolet observations of SN 1987A -- X rays from SN 1987A: A partially obscured plerion -- Supernova VLBI...”

10 Table of Contents: “... -- Diagnostics of Dust Obscured Galactic Nuclei With ISO Spectroscopy -- A Redshift Survey of Obscured Galaxies --...”

11 Table of Contents: “... -- Orientation Effects in Quasar Spectra: Dust and Obscuration -- Effects of Dust and Resonance Scattering...”

12 Table of Contents: “... Spectra of Highly Obscured Stellar and Protostellar Objects -- An Ionic Look at Interstellar Grain Mantles...”

13 Table of Contents: “... the Obscuring Medium Around Active Nuclei Using Masers: The Case of 3C 403 -- Low-Luminosity Extra-Galactic H20...”

14 Table of Contents: “... and Dust in the Nucleus of NGC 1068: Evidence for a Highly Extended Obscuring Agent -- The Nucleus of NGC...”

15 Table of Contents: “... in Obscured HiiRegions -- Integral Field Spectroscopy of a Peculiar Supernova Remnant MF16 in NGC6946 -- SN...”

16 Table of Contents: “... -- Dust obscured Quasars --...”

17 “... not obscure the fact that this is a serious book, which aims to get across the essentials of the theory...”

18 “... to "The Alternate Constellations", highlighting the more obscure configurations.  The 16 constellations found...”

19 “... portraits of the most celebrated to the more obscure southern astronomical objects. Carefully selected world...”

20 “... such as “Showpiece Objects,” “Interesting Deep Sky Objects,” and “Obscure and Challenging Deep Sky Objects.” He also...”