Cosmic Challenge : : the Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs
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Meeting the challenge -- Naked-eye challenges -- Binocular challenges -- Small-scope challenges: giant binoculars, 3- to 5-inch telescopes -- Medium-scope challenges: 6- to 9.25-inch telescopes -- Large-scope challenges: 10- to 14-inch telescopes -- Monster-scope challenges: 15-inch and larger telescopes.
"Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar landing sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermost planets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distant galaxies and quasars.... Features targets visible in a variety of conditions, from the inner city to the dark countryside. Challenges are provided for viewing by the naked eye, through binoculars, to the largest backyard telescopes"-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 469 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780521899369
0521899362
SUBJECTS
Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.