Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope: In the Footsteps of a Great Observer (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series) - Softcover

Pugh, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0387853561 ISBN 13: 9780387853567

Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

Presenting descriptions and photographs of the 103 Messier objects, this volume describes how they can be located without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Illustrations show how the objects appear through a 127mm Maksutov (and other instruments, where applicable).

About this title

About the Author

Philip Pugh is a mathematician, member of the Institute of Technical and Scientific Communicators, and travels the world as a freelance trainer in science and business. He has had his articles published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, and Astronomy Now, and is the author/editor of Springer's forthcoming book, Observing the Sun with Coronado™ Telescopes.

From the Back Cover

Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope lets the reader follow in Charles Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself!

This book contains descriptions and photographs of his 110 cataloged objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Messier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and this book shows what you can see with a small telescope or even binoculars!

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387853561
• ISBN 13: 9780387853567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 401