Название: The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon
Автор: Don Machholz
Издательство:Cambridge University Press
Год 2002
SBN: 0521803861
Страниц 172
Формат PDF
Размер 6,4 MB
Язык Английский
The Messier Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star
clusters and nebulae, and includes many of the brightest and best-known
objects in the sky. Amateur astronomers who find all the objects on the
list in one night have successfully completed the Messier Marathon. The
Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon contains over 90 easy-to-use
star maps to guide the observer from one object to the next, and
provides tips for a successful night of observing. Don Machholz also
tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier,
and how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. His complete guide
to the Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the
Messier Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a
pair of binoculars. Don Machholz is an engineer in Auburn, California.
Interested in astronomy since childhood, he is a renowned comet hunter,
having discovered nine comets that bear his name. He writes articles for
local California newspapers and radio stations for special astronomical
events. Between 1988 and 2000, Don Machholz was the Comets Recorder for
the Association of Lunar and Planetary Recorders.
