Seeing Stars The Night Sky Through Small Telescopes
Seeing Stars is written for astronomers, regardless of the depth of their theoretical knowledge, who are taking their first steps in observational astronomy. Chris Kitchin and Bob Forrest - both professional astronomers - take a conducted tour of the nigh
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The Night Sky Through Small Telescopes Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forrest
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Chris Kitchin, BA, BSc, PhD, FRAS Robert W. Forrest, BSc, MSc, FRAS, LLCM U niversity of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire ALID 9AB, UK Cover illustration: The suburban night sky, showing Scorpius. (Photograph by Gerald North.)
ISBN 978-1-4471-1166-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-0621-0
ISBN 978-1-4471-0621-0 (eBook)
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Kitchin, Christopher R. (Christopher Robert), 1947Seeing stars : the night sky through small telescopes. (Practical astronomy) l.Telescopes 2.Astronomy - Observations I.Title II.Forrest, Robert W. 522.2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.) Seeing stars : the night sky through small telescopes / Chris Kitchin and Robert W. Forres\. p. cm. - (Practical astronomy) Includes index. 1. Astronomy - Amateurs' manuals. 2. Astronomy - Observers' manuals. 1. Forrest, Robert W.) 1950. II. Tide. III. Series. 97- 34693 QB63.K48 1997 CIP 522'.2-dc21
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Preface
This book is intended for astronomers of any age and depth of theoretical knowledge who are just embarking on their first steps in observational astronomy. Its primary aim is to show the fascinating objects and phenomena that you can expect to see through a telescope and with the naked eye, and to suggest projects and observ
