The Constellation Observing Atlas
Designed for anyone who wishes to learn the constellations or observe the best and brightest deep sky objects and double stars, this book contains an alphabetical list of constellations complete with star maps, historical background, and highlights of dee
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The Constellation Observing Atlas
Illustrated by Kevin Jones
The Patrick Moore
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
The Constellation Observing Atlas
Grant Privett and Kevin Jones Illustrated by Kevin Jones
Grant Privett Salisbury Wiltshire United Kingdom
Kevin Jones Calne Wiltshire United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-4614-7647-4 ISBN 978-1-4614-7648-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7648-1 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Wendy Jones and Rachel Privett; for putting up with them while this book was written, and for the coffee and proof reading. We promise it won’t happen again. Well, probably not for a while, anyway. We would also like to extend our thanks to John Watson, for his encouragement during the preparation of this book and to Philip Moore, who provided so much help and support in creating the maps, and who was so patient when we got it wrong. Thanks are also due to the amateur astronomers Bill Snyder, Chris Picking, David Ratledge, Martin Pugh and Prof. Greg Parker, who so kindly provided most of the fine
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