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Turn Left at Orion

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Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope - and How to Find Them

by Guy Consolmagno and Dan M. Davis
Spiral bound
Publication Date: 24/01/2019
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With over 150,000 copies sold since its first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time.

This unique guidebook to the night sky shows you how to observe a host of celestial wonders. Its distinct format of object-by-object spreads illustrates how deep-sky objects and planets actually look through a small telescope, while its large pages and spiral binding allow for use outside.

Along with updated star names and astronomical information, this new edition provides links to a dedicated webpage with up-to-date tables and images, and an improved planets chapter. The many Dobsonian-friendly images and small telescope views have been revised to account for changes in modern telescope technology, such as larger field of view eyepieces.

With dedicated chapters on Northern and Southern Hemisphere objects, it's never been easier to explore the night sky, wherever you are. Additional resources are available on the accompanying website: www.cambridge.org/turnleft.

ISBN:
9781108457569
9781108457569
Category:
Popular astronomy & space
Format:
Spiral bound
Publication Date:
24-01-2019
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
5th Edition
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
310x262x23mm
Weight:
1.21kg
Guy Consolmagno

Guy Consolmagno is the Director of the Vatican Observatory, Vatican City.

He is the author of over 200 scientific publications, primarily on meteorite and asteroid properties. The International Astronomical Union named asteroid 4597 Consolmagno in recognition of his work, and in 2014 he won the Carl Sagan Medal for public outreach from the American Astronomical Society. He uses a 3.5' catadioptric and an 8' Dobsonian telescope

Dan M. Davis

Dan M. Davis is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. His research is in terrestrial tectonics and geophysics. A lifelong amateur stargazer, his observations for this book were made with a 2.4' refractor, an 8' catadioptric, and a 10' Dobsonian telescope.

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Even though written for mainly Northern hemisphere star gazers it has a good southern skies section. It is the best book for young observers without the benefit of telescopes without electronic go to mounts. A small aperture telescope of 75mm to 150mm can be used with this book to find double stars and the brighter or more easily found deep or dark sky objects. A good additional supplement to this book is the locally produced annual Astonomy 2019 yearbook by Quasar publishing.00

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