Seeing the Deep Sky Telescopic Astronomy Projects Beyond the Solar System

Name: Seeing the Deep Sky Telescopic Astronomy Projects Beyond the Solar System
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ISBN: 9780471530695

ISBN-10: 0471530697

ISBN-13: 9780471530695

Edition: 1992

Authors: Fred Schaaf

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Packed with a vast array of telescopic projects involving different kind of stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies which lie beyond our solar system. Takes a look at stars of diverse chemical or atomic ``brew'', old and new, tiny or vast, dense or tenuous; the ways in which they behave and much more.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/31/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Partial table of contents


Stars


The Brightest Stars--1 (Autumn Stars)


The Spectral Types of Stars


The Spectral Classes of Stars--1


The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and the Luminosity Classes


The Nearest Stars


Proper Motion and Other Motions of the Stars


Double Stars--General Observations


The Colors of Double Stars


Star Clusters and Nebulae


Open Star Clusters--1


Globular Clusters


Diffuse Nebulae--1


Planetary Nebulae


Supernova Remnants and Dark Nebulae


Galaxies and Quasars


Galaxies--General Observations and Types


Selected Galaxies--1


Galaxy Clusters and Quasars


Appendices


Glossary


Sources of Information


Indexes