David Levy's guide to the night sky / David H. Levy.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: xxii, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0521797535 (pbk.)
- Guide to the night sky
- QB 63 .L42 2001
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Previous ed. published as: The sky : a user's guide, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. First night out -- 2. Without a telescope -- 3. Meteors -- 4. Choosing a telescope -- 5. Telescopes, advanced -- 6. Recording your observations -- 7. The moon -- 8. Moon II : advanced observations -- 9. The sun -- 10. Jupiter -- 11. Saturn -- 12. Mars -- 13. Five planets worth watching -- 14. Asteroids -- 15. Comets -- 16. Double stars -- 17. Variable stars -- 18. TV Corvi : a variable star adventure -- 19. The deep sky -- 20. Messier hunting -- 21. The sky on film -- 22. The electronic revolution, part 1 : CCDs -- 23. The electronic revolution, part 2 : astrometry -- 24. Solar eclipses -- 25. Lunar eclipses and occultations -- 26. Passing the torch -- 27. The poet's sky -- 28. My favorite objects.
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