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Price: $19.32
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Sale: $9.82
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Manufacturer: Alpha
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Jay M. Pasachoff
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Publisher: Alpha
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523
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Publication Date: 2003-08-05
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: Everything revolves around it...and now skywatchers and armchair scientists can learn all about the origin and history of the sun. With information on the sun's physical properties; how solar flares, sunspots, and winds on its surface affect Earth's atmosphere and environment; solar and lunar eclipses, transits, and occultations, and early astronomers' discoveries about the sun, including Galileo, Copernicus, Francis Bailey, and the Mayans.
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Richard Harshaw
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.80223
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Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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Reading Level: 120
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Description: This is without doubt the largest and most comprehensive atlas of the universe ever created for amateur astronomers. It is the first major observing guide for amateurs since Burnham’s Celestial Handbook. With finder charts of large-scale and unprecedented detail, in both normal and mirror-image views (for users of the ubiquitous Meade and Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope ranges), and an extensive list of 14,000 objects, it will provide a detailed observing guide for almost any practical amateur astronomer, up to the most advanced. Spanning some 3,000 pages, this is a project that is possible only on CD-ROM. The atlas covers the whole range of objects viewable by amateur astronomers with 8- to 11-inch telescopes, from latitude approx +40 degrees. The projected total number of objects is (currently) 13,238, compared with Burnham’s approximately 5,000 double stars (in three volumes). This is much more than just a catalog of objects. As planned, the atlas will have about 270 double star images and sketches, and 590 or so deep-sky images and sketches. Comparisons with other atlases are invidious, but Tirion’s atlas and Uranometria, for example, don’t go as deep in magnitude and the scale is unsuitable for "star hopping" in the eyepiece—where the action REALLY takes place. The charts in the Complete CD Atlas of the Universe and the scale they are on, allow the user to get enough detail to easily find the objects described. In addition mirror-image charts are supplied for instruments with reverse fields (all SCTs). This is also much more than ‘planetarium’ software. Many planetarium programs do not have good object databases, and those that do have databases that are too large for practical field use. For example, TheSky, one of the most popular (and best) programs, can display the entire Washington Double Star Catalog (some 120,000 doubles!), but 90% of these are not resolvable (or even viewable from certain horizons), and there is no way to determine that by looking at the screen. The result is that there are more objects plotted on the screen than you can actually see, and the clutter makes it very hard to find what you want. The CD-R pages are extensively indexed and referenced for quick location of objects, areas, classes of objects etc.. The accompanying book gives an introduction to the Atlas, showcases the maps (thus buyers can see what they are getting without running the CD-R), describes the CD-R content and organization, and includes various appendices.
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Price: $37.99
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Sale: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael E. Bakich
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.80223
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Publication Date: 1995-09-29
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Constellations are not new to astronomy. Even before the era of printing, patterns of stars have been recognized by humans and their histories have been passed on from generation to generation, culture to culture. This book is the ultimate constellation reference book. Finally, a book exists that brings together a variety of information about constellations, including: the size, visibility, and relative brightness of all eighty-eight constellations; former locations of extinct constellations; the number of visible stars in each constellation; and more. Using tables, this information is presented in the first part of the book so that constellations can be readily compared and a general view of them developed. In the second part of the book, each constellation is taken in turn, with a star chart and map illustrating the associated celestial figure, supported by a comprehensive list of essential properties. This highly illustrated volume provides the most complete reference to date covering all aspects of the constellations and will be helpful for astronomers, both amateur and professional, educators and science writers.
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Price: $44.95
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Sale: $22.99
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: W.H. Finlay
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 522
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Publication Date: 2003-05-12
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Reading Level: 248
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Description: Here is a unique and fascinating reference book for those who want to go beyond the Messier objects! Entries for each of more than 500 deep-sky objects provide far more than the usual astronomical data - they also give fascinating facts about each object. These include physical factors, astrophysical information, evolution, unusual features - the list is almost endless. The objects are all listed according to NGC number, i.e., in approximate order of location from west to east. This is convenient for observers because interesting objects that can be seen on a given night will usually occur within a few pages of each other in the book. The Messier objects are of course included, but are also listed separately in Messier number order. Astronomers can now get an insight into exactly what they are looking at, adding a new level of insight and enjoyment to deep-sky observing.
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Price: $53.00
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Sale: $6.28
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sun Kwok
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.1135
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Publication Date: 2001-10-01
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Reading Level: 190
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Description: Using more than 100 spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Cosmic Butterflies explores the beauty of the most mysterious celestial objects in space, planetary nebulae. The mystery begins at the end of the star's life, when it wraps itself in a cocoon by spilling out gas and dust. Sometime later, a butterfly-like nebula emerges from the cocoon and develops into a planetary nebula. These newly formed, effervescent structures are complemented by a kaleidoscope of colors emitted by glowing gases. Hovering in the gossamer of delicate streamers, the production of planetary nebula by a star is both its most momentous event and foretells its doom when its central energy runs out. In this extraordinary book, Sun Kwok, a leading international expert on planetary nebulae, details the discovery process of the creation of planetary nebulae and of the future of the Earth's Sun. Sun Kwok is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Calgary and a Canada Council Killam Fellow. His book The Origin and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae (Cambridge, 2000) is widely considered to be the definitive treatise on the subject. He serves as chairman of the Planetary Nebulae Working Group of the International Astronomical Union and has been a member of the Advisory Panel of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics since 1993.
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Price: $62.00
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Sale: $44.81
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gerald North::Nick James
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.844
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Publication Date: 2004-12-13
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Reading Level: 242
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Description: Gerald North's complete practical guide and resource package instructs amateur astronomers in observing and monitoring variable stars and other objects of variable brightness. Descriptions of the objects are accompanied by explanations of the background astrophysics, providing readers with real insight into what they are observing at the telescope. The main instrumental requirements for observing and estimating the brightness of objects by visual means and by CCD photometry are detailed, and there is advice on the selection of equipment. The book contains a CD-ROM packed with resources, including hundreds of light-curves and over 600 printable finder charts. Containing extensive practical advice, this comprehensive guide is an invaluable resource for amateur astronomers of all levels, from novices to more advanced observers. Gerald North is a lifelong amateur astronomer. In addition to being a member of the British Astronomical Association since 1977, he is also the author of many books, including Advanced Amateur Astronomy (Cambridge, 1997) and Observing the Moon (Cambridge, 2000).
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Price: $74.00
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Sale: $45.66
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Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Stephen W. Hawking
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Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 520
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Publication Date: 1993-09
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Stephen Hawking, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists of our time. This book contains a personal selection of his most significant papers on gravitational theory applied to cosmology and black holes. His early work, partly in collaboration with Roger Penrose, showed that spacetime must come to an end at singularities that will occur both in the big bang and in black holes. This means that time will have a beginning and an end. Hawking's later work has been concerned with understanding these two situations. This requires a combination of the two great theories of the first half of the 20th century: general relativity and quantum mechanics. Although a completely unified theory remains elusive, Hawking has been able to make considerable progress, both with black hole radiation and with the no-boundary proposal for the origin to the universe. This compilation of Stephen Hawking's most important works, complete with an introduction by him, is an essential collector's item and an important source of reference for theoretical physicists. It bears testimony to the courage of a man who has overcome severe physical disability to push the frontiers of science to new heights.
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Price: $23.99
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Sale: $0.87
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Hervé Burillier::Christophe Lehenaff
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 522.2
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Publication Date: 2002-04-22
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: There is a vast range of astronomical equipment available to the amateur astronomer and this pocket-sized handbook will help the amateur make an informed choice about which instruments are best suited to his or her needs covering binoculars, telescopes, eyepieces, filters, and motors. All selection criteria are taken into account, such as level of experience, budget, and observation site. This handbook will help complete beginners make their first purchases, and provide advice for more experienced amateurs wishing to upgrade their equipment. Hervé Burillier runs his own specialist astronomy bookshop in Vannes, France, stocking over five hundred titles. He is a member of the French Astronomical Society (SAF) and of the French Association of Variable Star Observers, and has written the column Observing the Sky in L'Astronomie (the monthly publication of the French Astronomical Society) since 1990. Christophe Lehenaff is an experienced amateur astronomer and specialist on astronomical equipment. He is the author of several French astronomy books.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $19.35
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Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Hand
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Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 528
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Publication Date: 2000-01-01
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Reading Level: 606
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Description: Featuring Longitudes and Declinations for the Sun, Moon, Planets, Chiron and the Asteroids. The Astrolabe World Ephemeris combines reading ease and clarity with 21st Century accuracy and precision of data. This unique ephemeris is one of the most complete and convenient references available for astrological calculation. Includes: daily longitudes and declinations for the planets calculated to the second of arc, Chiron and the four major asteroids, void-of-course Moon data, 12 hour Moon positions, Monthly planetary and Lunar ingresses, Lunar phases and an introduction by Robert Hand.
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Price: $27.93
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Sale: $23.24
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Manufacturer: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Library Binding
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Author: Ron Miller
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Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
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Dewey Decimal Number: 523.8
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Publication Date: 2005-09
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Reading Level: 96
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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