Bibliograph

Turn left at Orion, hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope-- and how to find them, Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, and Tucson, Arizona), Dan M. Davis (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York)

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Turn left at Orion, hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope-- and how to find them, Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, and Tucson, Arizona), Dan M. Davis (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York)

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Turn left at Orion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1044778430

Responsibility statement

Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory, Vatican City State, and Tucson, Arizona), Dan M. Davis (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York)

Sub title

hundreds of night sky objects to see in a home telescope-- and how to find them

Summary

A new edition of this best-selling guidebook to the night sky, showing amateur astronomers how to observe a host of celestial wonders. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

How do you get to Albireo? -- How to use this book -- Using your telescope -- Know your telescope -- Basic telescope math -- The moon -- The sun -- Observing planets -- The giant planets : Jupiter & Saturn -- Moons and rings -- The fast moving planets : Venus and Mercury -- Mars -- The far, and the faint : Uranus, Neptune, etc -- Seasonal skies : January-March -- About diffuse nebulae -- About open clusters -- Seasonal skies : April-June -- About planetary nebulae -- About galaxies -- About globular clusters -- Seasonal skies : July-September -- Seasonal skies : October-December -- Northern skies -- Southern skies -- About this fifth edition -- Where do you go from here? -- Accessories -- The truth about cats and Dobs -- Tables

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