The Year-round Messier Marathon Field Guide
Author | : Harvard C. Pennington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Harvard C. Pennington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Don Machholz |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2002-10-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521803861 |
The Messier Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star clusters and nebulae, and includes many of the brightest and best-known objects in the sky. Amateur astronomers who find all the objects on the list in one night have successfully completed the Messier Marathon. The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon contains over 90 easy-to-use star maps to guide the observer from one object to the next, and provides tips for a successful night of observing. Don Machholz also tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier, and how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. His complete guide to the Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the Messier Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a pair of binoculars. Don Machholz is an engineer in Auburn, California. Interested in astronomy since childhood, he is a renowned comet hunter, having discovered nine comets that bear his name. He writes articles for local California newspapers and radio stations for special astronomical events. Between 1988 and 2000, Don Machholz was the Comets Recorder for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Recorders.
Author | : Philip Pugh |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2011-11-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 038785357X |
Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope contains descriptions and photographs of the 103 Messier objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. The photographs show how the objects appear through a 127mm Maksutov (and other instruments, where applicable). The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and a special feature of this book is that it shows what you can see with a small telescope. It will also contain binocular descriptions of some objects. Messier published the final version of his catalog in 1781 (it contains 103 different objects), a catalog so good that it is still in common use today, well over two centuries later. In making a catalog of all the 'fixed' deep-sky objects that observers might confuse with comets, Messier had succeeded in listing all the major interesting deep-sky objects that today are targets for amateur astronomers. Messier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. Thus - and despite the fact that he was a master observer - all the things Messier saw can be found and observed by any observer using a commercial 127 mm (5-inch) telescope. Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope lets the reader follow in Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself!
Author | : Robert A. Garfinkle |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1997-04-13 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521598897 |
Learn all about the starry skies and ancient myths through the star-hopping technique.
Author | : Gary H. Holthaus |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : West (U.S.) |
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Author | : Ian Honeybone |
Publisher | : Books Nippan |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781569705018 |
Experienced designers share time-saving hints, tips and techniques in this handy new series from Nippan Publications. Simply explained and clearly illustrated, each book provides a concise reference for beginners and professionals alike. Perspective Drawing & Drawing Cartoons is scheduled for January '97.
Author | : Matt Groening |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780679728689 |
Now readers can share Groening's and Vance's shocking dream visons--such as "The Last Eligible Man on Earth", "The Incredible Shrinking Apartment", and "The Marriage that Would Not Die"--via the original lobby cards which form the latest volume in this pioneering tear-and-mail library of low moral fiber.
Author | : M. Mitchell Waldrop |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 150405914X |
“If you liked Chaos, you’ll love Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year” (The Washington Post). In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell—and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today. This book is their story—the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call the science of the twenty-first century. “Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around the corner . . . [Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.” —The New York Times Book Review “Where I enjoyed the book was when it dove into the actual question of complexity, talking about complex systems in economics, biology, genetics, computer modeling, and so on. Snippets of rare beauty here and there almost took your breath away.” —Medium “[Waldrop] provides a good grounding of what may indeed be the first flowering of a new science.” —Publishers Weekly
Author | : Richard Handy |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2007-10-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387686967 |
This book presents the amateur with fine examples of astronomical sketches and step-by-step tutorials in each medium, including pencil, pen and ink, chalks and pastels, painting and computer graphics programs. This unique book can teach almost anyone to create beautiful sketches of celestial objects by following simple, illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Readers can select a chapter related to their preferred class of object, and rapidly learn techniques in several media. Each chapter contains useful information regarding equipment, techniques for preserving and archiving sketches, and suggestions for accurate record keeping.
Author | : Jack Welch |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0061757586 |
A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the tough strategic, organizational, and personal challenges that face people at every stage of their careers. Loaded with candid personal anecdotes, hard-hitting advice, and invaluable dos and don’ts, Jack explains his theory of business, by laying out the four most important principles that form the foundation of his success. Chapters include: How to Get Promoted, How to Think about Strategy, How to Write a Budget that Works, How to Work for a Jerk, How Find Work-Life Balance and How Start Something New. Enlivened by quotes from business leaders that Welch interviewed especially for the book, it’s a tour de force that reflects Welch’s mastery of execution, excellence and leadership.