3,000 Deep-Sky Objects: An Annotated CatalogueThis title is a comprehensive set of visual descriptions of deep-sky objects visible from the northern hemisphere. It is a record of the most extensive and systematic visual survey of the sky ever done in modern times. 3,000 deep-sky objects are listed with short descriptions of the visual appearance in the author's powerful binocular telescope. Objects in the book are organized by position for easy identification of unknown targets. Full indexes by catalog numbers and names allow searches for specific objects. |
Contents
The Catalogue
| 46 |
Appendix A Making a Sky Atlas | 487 |
Appendix B Notes on Object Descriptions | 497 |
Notes on Descriptions of All Objects | 498 |
Appendix C The Visibility of Galactic Detail | 499 |
Appendix D Building a Binocular Telescope | 501 |
Addendum Further Observations and Notes | 529 |
Index | 531 |
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10th mag averted vision blinking effect bright plotted star Broadly slightly concentrated Broadly very slightly considerably bright considerably faint considerably large double star edge Elongated N-S elongated NW-SE ENE-WSW Evenly moderately concentrated Evenly to sharply extended E-W faint galaxy faint involved star faint to moderate fainter companion faintly visible globular cluster gradually brighter middle gradually little brighter Half the field irregularly round little brighter middle little extended moderate brightness stars moderately faint stars Moderately small NE-SW Nearby NNE-SSW NNW-SSE number of moderately oc NGC open clusters planetary nebula pretty bright pretty faint pretty large pretty small pretty suddenly brighter resolvable Roughly round S0 HH Sb HH Sc HH sharply fairly concentrated Sharply pretty concentrated Sharply very concentrated Slightly elongated E-W slightly unequal pair Springer Science+Business Media star NW stellar suddenly brighter middle suddenly much brighter WNW-ESE