Observing and cataloguing nebulae and star clusters: from herschel to dreyer's new general catalogue
Auteur :
Steinicke, Wolfgang
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316644188
Date de publication :
16 mars 2017
Dimensions :
24,5 x 18,8 x 3,4 cm
Poids :
1260 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.