THE NIGHT SKY OBSERVER'S GUIDE - VOL. 1

George Robert Kepple and Glen W. Sanner

AUTUMN & WINTER Volume 2 : ciels d'automne et d'hiver. Cet atlas regroupe des milliers d'objets du ciel profond avec, pour chacun d'eux, le dￜtail des caractￜristiques ainsi qu'un descriptif en fonction du diamￜtre d'instrument utilisￜ. This book proclaims the wonders of modern visual astronomy for 8-inch and larger telescopes. Written in a conversational style, it is designed for observers who like to search out the dim, distant beauties of the night sky. Kepple and Sanner show you how to find more than 5,500 objects (Volumes 1 + 2) including star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, and they describe what you'll see when you do. Arranged alphabetically by constellation (omitting only those in the far-southern sky), each chapter gives practical descriptions of deep-sky objects as they appear through telescopes of various apertures. There are numerous tables of information on brightness, distances, angular separations, sizes, shapes, orientations, and what size telescope and magnification is recommended for best viewing. All this is accompanied by more than 1,500 sketches (Volumes 1 + 2), astrophotos, and finder charts. Every serious deep-sky enthusiast will want both volumes.

Reliￜ, 230x300 mm, 476 pages, illustrￜ.