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Moore, Patrick.

The amateur astronomer / Patrick Moore.

12th ed.

London : Springer, ©2006.

xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"For more than three decades The Amateur Astronomer has inspired generations of amateur astronomers. Almost uniquely, Patrick Moore has written a book that is useful to astronomers at all levels, from beginner to expert." "The appendices - completely updated in this new edition - provide extensive star, lunar and planetary maps, along with a vast amount of data and information that make this book an essential for every amateur astronomer's library."--Jacket.

Astronomy -- Popular works.

Astronomy -- Observers' manuals.

Includes bibliographical references (page 289) and index.

Astronomy as a hobby -- The unfolding universe -- Telescopes and observatories -- The solar system -- The sun -- The moon -- Occultations and eclipses -- Aurorae and the zodiacal light -- The nearer planets -- The outer planets -- Comets and meteors -- The stellar sky -- The nature of a star -- Double stars -- Variable stars -- Star clusters and nebulae -- Galaxies -- Beginnings and endings -- Appendices -- Planetary data -- Planetary satellites of magnitude 14.5 or brighter -- Minor planetary data -- Elongations and transits of the inferior planets -- Map of Mars -- Jupiter: transit work -- Saturn: intensity estimates -- Forthcoming eclipses -- The limiting lunar detail visible with different apertures -- The lunar maps -- Some of the more important annual meteor showers -- The constellations -- Proper names of stars -- Stars of the first magnitude -- Standard stars for each magnitude -- The Greek alphabet -- Stellar spectra -- Limiting magnitudes and separations for various apertures -- Angular measure -- Test double stars -- Extinction -- Bright novae -- Messier's catalogue -- The Caldwell catalogue -- The star maps -- The observation of variable stars -- Some periodical comets -- Amateur observatories -- Astronomical societies.

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