Axel Mellinger (Central Michigan University), Ronald Stoyan

The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers. Each double-page spread shows large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts highlighting and naming over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 349mm x 258mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1410g
• ISBN-13: 9781107013469
• ISBN-10: 1107013461
• Artikelnr.: 33562085

Autorenporträt

Axel Mellinger is an Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University. He is an accomplished astrophotographer and his wide-field mosaics of the night sky are used in planetariums around the world.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. User's guide; 2. How the atlas was compiled; 3. 82 charts of the entire sky; 4. Index of labelled objects.

Rezensionen

'Book of the month: this is a wonderful companion to a conventional atlas, as well as a superb coffee table book.' BBC Sky at Night Magazine