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Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue Wolfgang Steinicke
Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue
Wolfgang Steinicke
Providing the first comprehensive historical study of the New General Catalogue, this book is an important resource to all those interested in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. It covers the people, observatories, instruments and methods involved in nineteenth-century visual deep-sky observing, as well as prominent deep-sky objects.
662 pages, 357 b/w illus. 238 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 16, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781316644188 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 662 |
| Dimensions | 188 × 245 × 34 mm · 1.38 kg (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |
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