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Observing Variable Stars /

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Observing variable stars is one of the major contributions amateur astronomers make to science. There are 36,000 variable stars listed in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars, so it is clearly impossible for the limited number of professional observatories to target even the majority of them. Tha...

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Main Author:	Good, Gerry A.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Springer London : Imprint : Springer, 2003.
Series:	Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
Subjects:	Physics. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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