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The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas
Axel Mellinger
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Description for The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas
hardcover. A mosaic of the entire sky, unparalleled in detail and completeness, an indispensable atlas for visual observers and astrophotographers. Num Pages: 186 pages, 164 colour illus. BIC Classification: GBC; PGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 344 x 257 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1312.
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 Degrees 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 ... Read more
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 Degrees 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107013469
SKU
V9781107013469
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About Axel Mellinger
Axel Mellinger is an Assistant Professor at Central Michigan University. He is an accomplished astrophotographer and his wide-field mosaics of the night sky are used in planetariums around the world. Ronald Stoyan is editor-in-chief of Interstellarum, one of Germany's main astronomy magazines. Founding director of the German deep sky organization Fachgruppe Deep-Sky, he has authored and co-authored six books on ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas
'Book of the month: this is a wonderful companion to a conventional atlas, as well as a superb coffee table book.' BBC Sky at Night Magazine '... should prove a valuable reference to the advanced-amateur community.' The Observatory '... the most beautiful star atlas of modern times ... What a perfect tool for cloudy-night star gazing! And a fine reference ... Read more