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Title:

Sky watcher's handbook : the expert reference source for the amateur astronomer / edited by James Muirden.

Publisher:

W.H. Freeman,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

viii, 408 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Astronomy--Amateurs' manuals.
Astronomy--Observers' manuals.
Astronomy
Sterrenkunde.

Other Authors:

Muirden, James.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Observing the sun / Peter O. Taylor -- Observing the modern moon / John E. Westfall -- Observing Venus / Richard McKim -- Observing Mars / Masatsugu Minami -- Observing minor planets / Frederick Pilcher -- Observing Jupiter / John B. Murray -- Observing Saturn / Alan W. Heath -- Meteor observing / Paul Roggemans -- Comets and comet-hunting / David H. Levy -- Observing variable stars / John Isles -- Observing double stars / Glenn Chaple -- Searching for novae / James Muirden -- The search for supernovae / Steve Lucas -- High-resolution lunar and planetary photography / Gérard Therin -- Photoelectric photometry / Andrew J. Hollis -- Cometary and asteroid astrometry / Brian Manning -- Starting in video astronomy / Terry Platt -- Astronomical communications / Guy M. Hurst.

ISBN:

9780716745020
071674502X

LCCN:

92032996

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)