Jerry D. Cavin

The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to the Deep-Sky Catalogs (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

All of us familiar with astronomy know of Charles Messier and his early work on creating a catalog of celestial objects. Did you know that Messier was compiling a list of objects to avoid when searching the skies? He was a comet hunter, and he wanted to not mistake other things for comets.

Other lists and catalogs followed this, and many, including Messier's, have become popular with amateur astronomers who see it as a challenge to find everything on the list or as a guide on what to see when they look through their telescopes or binoculars.

In this "catalog of catalogs," the author introduces the figures behind the most famous of the star catalogs and includes the catalog listings as well. Thus here, all in one book, is your complete guide to the heavenly bodies - including constellations, galaxies, nebulae, supernova remnants, and much more - that most people seek to see when they observe the night sky. Here are enough challenges for a lifetime of exciting viewing!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461406563
• Artikelnr.: 37351696

Autorenporträt

Jerry Cavin first turned to amateur astronomy while growing up under the dark skies of Iowa. After leaving the farm, he completed a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He worked for 10 years as the Lead Software Engineer at the Control Data Corporation specializing in real time control systems. After getting married he moved to Austin, Texas and spent over 15 years at the University of Texas at Austin working as a Research Scientist Associate on electronic warfare systems.

He is currently working as a Systems Engineer at Overwatch System and will be completing his second MSc degree in Astronomy at the Swinburne Astronomy Online, via the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing in Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Chapter 1: Claudius Ptolemy and the Almagest.- Chapter 2: The Abd-al-Rahman Al-Sufi Catalog.- Chapter 3: Ulugh Beg.- Chapter 4: The Tycho Brahe Catalog.- Chapter 5: The Johannes Hevelius Catalog.- Chapter 6: The Charles Messier Catalog.- Chapter 7: The Johann Elert Bode Catalog.- Chapter 8: Christian Mayer Catalog.- Chapter 9: The Herschel Catalogs.- Chapter 10: The J.L.E. Dreyer and the NGC Catalog.- Chapter 11: Halton Arp and the Arp Catalog.- Chapter 12: The Caldwell Catalog.- References.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Index.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "The book provides complete listings of the important deep sky catalogs considered useful for amateur astronomy. ... The catalog listings will make an excellent resource for amateur astronomers giving co-ordinate locations and other information on thousands of galaxies, stars, and nebula. The all to brief bio's provide a delicious taster into the lives of some fascinating characters and will act as a prompt for more in depth research. A thoroughly recommended book for all amateur astronomers." (Paul Rumsby, Best Astronomy Books, October, 2012)