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• ISBN: 0521391121
• ISBN: 9780521391122
• Physical Description: xix, 295 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
• Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. First nights -- 2. Without a telescope -- 3. Meteors -- 4. Choosing a telescope -- 5. Recording your observations -- 6. The Moon -- 7. Moon 2: advanced observations -- 8. The Sun -- 9. Jupiter -- 10. Saturn -- 11. Mars -- 12. Five planets worth watching -- 13. Asteroids -- 14. Comets -- 15. Double stars -- 16. Variable stars -- 17. The deep sky -- 18. Messier hunting -- 19. The sky on film -- 20. Solar eclipses -- 21. Lunar eclipses and occultations -- 22. Passing the torch -- 23. The poet's sky.

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Astronomy > Amateurs' manuals.
Astronomy > Observers' manuals.
Sterren.
Observatie.
Astronomie > Manuels d'amateur.
Astronomie > Manuels d'observation.