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Product Description: ⢠Simply THE most comprehensive guide to the Messier Objects ever published ⢠Combines detailed historical, astrophysical, statistical and observing information for each object with stunning astrophotos and telescope sketches ⢠Reproduces the text of Messier's famous catalog, along with biographies of Messier and his contemporaries ⢠Compares modern views with historical sketches from Lord Rosse, John Herschel and other illustrious figures The 110 star clusters, nebulae and galaxies of Messier's famous catalog are among the most popular of all the deep sky objects and are beautiful targets for amateur observers of all abilities...read more
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9780521895545 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 27, 2008, cover price $74.99 | About this edition: ⢠Simply THE most comprehensive guide to the Messier Objects ever published ⢠Combines detailed historical, astrophysical, statistical and observing information for each object with stunning astrophotos and telescope sketches ⢠Reproduces the text of Messier's famous catalog, along with biographies of Messier and his contemporaries ⢠Compares modern views with historical sketches from Lord Rosse, John Herschel and other illustrious figures The 110 star clusters, nebulae and galaxies of Messier's famous catalog are among the most popular of all the deep sky objects and are beautiful targets for amateur observers of all abilities.
Hardcover:
9781107083974, titled "The Caldwell Objects: The Caldwell Objects" | 2 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, July 31, 2016), cover price $54.99
9780521827966, titled "The Caldwell Objects: The Caldwell Objects" | Cambridge Univ Pr, February 3, 2003, cover price $49.99
9780933346970 | Sky Pub Corp, January 1, 2003, cover price $23.97
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9780521553322 | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 28, 1998, cover price $55.00
9780933346857 | Sky Pub Corp, December 1, 1998, cover price $34.95
Hardcover:
9781107018372 | 2 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, April 30, 2014), cover price $49.99
Offers advice, illustrations, and celestial maps to aid astronomers seeking to complete the 'Messier marathon,' a tradition which attempts to locate, in one night, the 110 galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae cataloged by the French astronomer some two hundred years ago.
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9780521803861 | Cambridge Univ Pr, October 1, 2002, cover price $84.99 | About this edition: Offers advice, illustrations, and celestial maps to aid astronomers seeking to complete the 'Messier marathon,' a tradition which attempts to locate, in one night, the 110 galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae cataloged by the French astronomer some two hundred years ago.
Product Description: The objects listed in the Caldwell Catalogue supplement Messiers famous catalogue of 110 non-stellar objects, and include some of the most fascinating objects for amateur astronomers. This comprehensive guide has been produced specially for observers, with each object conveniently shown on a double-page spread...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781852336288 | Springer Verlag, February 1, 2000, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: The objects listed in the Caldwell Catalogue supplement Messiers famous catalogue of 110 non-stellar objects, and include some of the most fascinating objects for amateur astronomers.
Hardcover:
9780943396545 | Willmann-Bell, July 1, 1997, cover price $24.95
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