Seeing the Deep Sky: Telescopic Astronomy Projects Beyond the Solar System
Author:   Fred Schaaf
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:  

9780471530695


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 March 1992
Format:   Paperback
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Seeing the Deep Sky: Telescopic Astronomy Projects Beyond the Solar System


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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.

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Author:   Fred Schaaf
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 19.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780471530695


ISBN 10:   0471530697
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 March 1992
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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.

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