Faint Objects and How to Observe Them

Brian Cudnik

ISBN 10: 1441967567 / ISBN 13: 9781441967565

Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US Sep 2012, 2012

Beschreibung

Neuware -Faint Objects and How to Observe Them is for visual observers who are equipped with a 10-inch or larger astronomical telescope and who want to 'go deep' with their observing. It provides a guide to some of the most distant, dim, and rarely observed objects in the sky, supported by background information on surveys and objects lists - some familiar, such as Caldwell, and some not so familiar. This book not only provides a wealth of experience compiled from several sources, but it also gives an historical background to surveys whose names may or may not be familiar to most amateur astronomers. Finally, it includes a listing of the many galaxy clusters out there, from 'nearby' ones such as Stefan's Quintet to some of the most distant groups observable through the largest telescopes.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 264 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781441967565

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Faint Objects and How to Observe Them
• Verlag: Springer New York, Springer US Sep 2012
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1441967567
• ISBN-13: 9781441967565
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

Aimed at observers with 10-inch or larger telescopes, this guide to some of the most distant, dim, and rarely observed celestial objects is supported by background information on surveys and objects lists—some familiar, such as Caldwell, and some less so.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian Cudnik has been an amateur astronomer for over 30 years and manages the Physics laboratories at Prairie View A& M University (a part of the A&M University of Texas). He has been the coordinator of the Lunar Meteoritic Impact Search section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) since January 2000. Cudnik began at ALPO two months after it made the first confirmed visual observation of a meteoroid impact on the Moon during the Leonid storm of November 1999. Cudnik has an MSc and has published papers and posters on various astronomical subjects, both peer-reviewed and amateur. He has served as a board member of the Houston Astronomical Society, is presently an Associate member of the American Astrononmical Society, a member of the American Association of Variable Star and a regular contributor of observations to the International Occultation Timing Association. He teaches astronomy at the University of St. Thomas two evenings per week each semester.