Southern gems / Stephen James O'Meara.
"In Southern Gems, Stephen James O'Meara makes a detour beneath the southern skies, presenting a fresh list of 120 deep-sky objects for southern hemisphere stargazers to observe. Showcasing many exceptional objects catalogued by the pioneering observer James Dunlop, known as the, Messier o...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Deep-sky companions
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 466 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. How to use this book; 2. The southern gems; Appendix A. Southern gems: basic data; Appendix B. Forty-two additional southern gems in Dunlop's catalogue; Appendix C. A brief history of early telescopic exploration of the far-southern skies; Appendix D. Photo credits; The southern gems checklist; Index; Wide-field star charts.