Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters

Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters PDF Author: Wolfgang Steinicke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139490109
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 661

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Book Description
Providing the first comprehensive historical study of the New General Catalogue, this book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. It covers the people, observatories, instruments and methods involved in nineteenth-century visual deep-sky observing, as well as prominent deep-sky objects.