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50 things to see in the sky /

Astronomy for the amateur astronomer, with fifty illustrations to guide the user to astronomical patterns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barker, Sarah (Television producer) (Author)
Other Authors: Nilsson, Maria, 1979 June 7- (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Astronomy > Popular works.
Astronomy > Observers' manuals.
Amateur astronomy.
Table of Contents:
  • Further afield. Andromeda galaxy
  • Sunspots
  • Orion nebula
  • Lunar craters
  • Galilean moons
  • Saturn's "ears"
  • A storm as big as the Earth
  • Martian ice caps
  • Swan nebula
  • A bubble in space
  • Perseus double star cluster
  • "Little green men"
  • The great cluster in Hercules
  • A colourful double
  • Far, far away. Olympus Mons
  • "Failed stars"
  • Enceladus' ice volcano
  • Hot Jupiters
  • A baby solar system
  • Spirals and ellipticals
  • A light echo
  • A white flag
  • Galaxy groups and clusters
  • Quasars
  • Pillars of creation
  • Hubble deep field
  • Glossary.