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" Deep sky objects : "
David H. Levy ; foreword by Stephen James O'Meara.
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BL
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985415
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b739785
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| Main Entry
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Levy, David H.,1948-
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| Title & Author
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Deep sky objects : : the best and brightest from four decades of comet chasing /\ David H. Levy ; foreword by Stephen James O'Meara.
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| Publication Statement
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Amherst, NY :: Prometheus Books,, 2005.
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362 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 23 cm
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1591023610
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: 9781591023616
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Letting the sky come to you -- Getting excited about the deep sky -- An observing guide to the catalogue -- The best and the brightest -- Interesting stars -- Open star clusters -- Clouds of dust and gas -- Nebulae at the end of a star's life -- The galactic center -- Globular clusters -- Farewell to the Milky Way : the closest galaxies -- Where space is filled with galaxies -- Fainter and farther -- Of space, time, and dreams -- The full Levy list -- David Levy's catalogue of comet masqueraders and other objects.
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| Abstract
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A guide to examining night sky objects beyond the moon and planets. Many of the objects are accompanied by personal anecdotes and successes and failures. and many can be viewed from backyards, including comets and the Milky Way.
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Astronomy, Observers' manuals.
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Astronomy.
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| Dewey Classification
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523.8
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QB64.L478 2005
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