Description
| Product ID: | 9781107013469 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas |
| Authors: | Author: Axel Mellinger, Ronald Stoyan |
| Page Count: | 186 |
| Subjects: | Mathematics and Science, Mathematics & science, Astronomy, space and time, Astronomy, space & time |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Providing a mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers. Each double-page spread shows large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts highlighting and naming over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars. Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas presents the whole sky through large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts. Each double-page spread shows a section of the night sky and is accompanied by an inverted chart highlighting and naming double stars, variable stars, open clusters, galactic and planetary nebulae, globular clusters and galaxies. The 82 large-scale charts, with a scale of 1° per cm, identify over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars. Providing a giant mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-09-20 |
