Keywords:
Astronomy -- Amateurs' manuals.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book covers imaging those areas of the sky that lie south of the celestial equator. It introduces all the necessary techniques and includes a section on the top 50 southern objects to image.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (425 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781461447504
Series Statement:
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1030555
DDC:
523.1
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Imaging the Southern Sky -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: The Objects of the Southern Sky -- Chapter One: The Hunter and His Dog -- Barnard's Loop - Sh2 - 276 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.1 -- Great Orion Nebula - M 42 & -- 43 (NGC 1976) -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.2 top image -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.2 bottom image -- Horsehead and Flame Nebulae - IC 434 (Barnard 33) and NGC 2024 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.3 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.4 -- Running Man Nebula - NGC 1973-5-7 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.5 -- M 79 - NGC 1904 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.6 -- Witch Head Nebula - IC 2118 -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.7 -- Thor's Helmet - NGC 2359 (Gum 4) -- Technical Information - Fig. 1.8 -- Chapter Two: Vast Explosive Remnants -- Gum Nebula - Gum 12 -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.1 -- Gum 15 - RCW 32 -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.2 -- Gum 20 - RCW 36 -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.3 -- Vela Supernova Remnant -- Technical Information - Figs. 2.4 and 2.5 -- Vela SNR Reference Chart -- Crest and the Bridge -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.6 -- Twin Crescents and the Bypass -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.7 -- Highway and the Spur -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.8 -- Pencil Nebula - NGC 2736 -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.9 -- Gum 22-23 - RCW 38 -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.10 -- Spiral Flame Nebula -- Technical Information - Fig. 2.11 -- Chapter Three: The Ship of Argo -- NGC 2467 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.1 -- NGC 3766 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.2 -- NGC 3201 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.3 -- Flying Jaw Nebula - NGC 2899 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.4 -- Eight Burst Nebula - NGC 3132 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.5 -- Toby Jug Nebula - IC 2220 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.6.
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NGC 2808 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.7 -- M 93 - NGC 2447 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.8 -- The Sprinter - NGC 2516 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.9 -- RCW 58 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.10 -- The Eta Carinae Area -- Banana Nebula - NGC 3199 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.12 -- Whirling Dervish Nebula - NGC 3247 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.13 -- The Pendant - NGC 3293 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.14 -- Gabriela Mistral Nebula - NGC 3324 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.15 -- Eta Carinae Nebula - NGC 3372 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.16 -- The South Pillars -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.18 -- Southern Pleiades - IC 2602 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.19 -- Black Arrow Cluster - NGC 3532 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.20 -- Torch Bearer Nebula (NGC 3576) - and NGC 3603 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.21 -- Running Chicken Nebula - IC 2944-48 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.22 -- Technical Information - Fig. 3.23 -- Chapter Four: On the Serpent's Back -- NGC 2992-3 - Arp 245 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.1 -- Sombrero Galaxy - M 104 - NGC 4594 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.2 -- NGC 2997 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.3 -- NGC 3621 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.4 -- NGC 5247 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.5 -- Antennae Galaxies - NGC 4038-39 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.6 -- NGC 2835 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.7 -- Cigar Galaxy - NGC 4945 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.8 -- Centaurus A - NGC 5128 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.9 -- Southern Pinwheel Galaxy - M 83 - NGC 5236 -- Technical Information - Fig. 4.10 -- Chapter Five: The Emu -- The Emu's Body, Neck and Head -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.1 -- The Emu Reference Chart -- Coal Sack -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.3 -- Dark Doodad Nebula - Sandqvist 149.
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Technical Information - Fig. 5.4 -- Jewel Box - NGC 4755 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.5 -- Bernes 145 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.6 -- NGC 4372 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.7 -- NGC 4833 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.8 -- Omega Centauri - NGC 5139 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.9 -- Spiral Planetary - NGC 5189 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.10 -- NGC 5844 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.11 -- Box Nebula - IC 4406 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.12 -- Shapley 1 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.13 -- RCW 86 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.14 -- RCW 103 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.15 -- NGC 5822 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.16 -- NGC 5617 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.17 -- NGC 5367 - CG 12 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.18 -- RCW 104 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.19 -- RCW 106 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.20 -- NGC 6188 - 93 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.21 -- NGC 6164 - 65 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.22 -- Blue Straggler - NGC 6397 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.23 -- NGC 4103 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.24 -- RCW 94 & -- 95 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.25 -- RCW 120 - Gum 58 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.26 -- Coffee Bean Nebula - RCW 98 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.27 -- Menzel 1 - Sa 2 - 123 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.28 -- Menzel 2 - Sa 2 - 137 -- Technical Information - Fig. 5.29 -- Chapter Six: The Heart of the Galaxy -- The Galactic Bulge -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.1 -- Heart of the Galaxy Reference Chart -- Milky Way Kiwi -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.3 -- NGC 6072 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.4 -- NGC 6337 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.5 -- Bug Nebula - NGC 6302 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.6 -- Prawn Nebula - IC 4628 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.7.
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Rho Ophiuchi Nebula - Barnard 47 & -- 51 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.8 -- Cat's Paw Nebula - NGC 6334 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.9 -- Lobster Nebula - (War & -- Peace Nebula) - NGC 6357 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.10 top image -- Technical Information - Fig 6.10 bottom image -- Butter y Cluster - M 6 - NGC 6404 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.11 -- M 7 - NGC 6475 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.12 -- M 21 - NGC 6531 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.13 -- Wild Duck Cluster - M 11 - NGC 6705 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.14 -- Snake Nebula - Barnard 72 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.15 -- Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - M 24 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.16 -- Trif d Nebula - M 20 - NGC 6514 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.17 -- Lagoon Nebula - M 8 - NGC 6523 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.18 top image -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.18 bottom image -- Swan Nebula - Omega Nebula - M 17 - NGC 6618 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.19 -- Eagle Nebula - M 16 - NGC 6611 & -- IC 4703 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.20 -- The Anteater Nebula - NGC 6723 - 26/27 - 29 - IC 4812 - Bernes 157 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.21 -- M 22 - NGC 6656 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.22 -- M 55 - NGC 6809 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.23 -- M 4 - NGC 6121 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.24 -- M 25 - IC 4725 -- Technical Information - Fig. 6.25 -- Chapter Seven: The Deep South -- NGC 7098 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.1 -- NGC 1672 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.2 -- NGC 6744 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.3 -- NGC 6101 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.4 -- NGC 3195 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.5 -- Great Peacock Globular - NGC 6752 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.6 -- Pavo Galaxy Cluster - NGC 6872-6876 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.7.
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South Celestial Serpent - MW9 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.8 -- 47 Tucanae - NGC 104 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.9 -- 75 Tucanae - NGC 362 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.10 -- Topsy Turvy Galaxy - NGC 1313 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.11 -- Spanish Dancer - NGC 1566 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.12 -- Cobra and the Mouse - Meat Hook Galaxy - NGC 2442 & -- ESO 59-11 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.13 -- Chamaeleon I - IC 2631 - Ced 110-111 -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.14 -- Chamaeleon II - Haast Eagle and Possum Nebulae -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.15 -- Chamaeleon III - Talon and Thumbprint Nebulae -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.16 -- Chamaeleon III - Moa Nebula -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.17 -- Chamaeleon III - Rippling Flames Nebula -- Technical Information - Fig. 7.18 -- Chapter Eight: The Clouds of Magellan -- Small Magellanic Cloud - NGC 292 -- Technical Information - Figs. 8.1 and 8.2 -- Small Magellanic Cloud Reference Chart -- Magni cent Seven - NGC 249-261-267, Dem 132, N 25-28-30 -- Technical Information - Figs. 8.3 and 8.4 -- N 36-37 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.5 -- NGC 456 - 60 - 65 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.6 -- NGC 346 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.7 -- Large Magellanic Cloud -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.8 -- LMC Reference Chart -- Bean Nebulae - N 11 - NGC 1760 - 61 - 63 - 69 - 73 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.10 -- N 44 - NGC 1929-34-35-36-37, IC 2128, K 822 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.11 -- N 51 - NGC 1955-68-74, N 51b-51e -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.12 -- NGC 1910 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.13 -- Chalice Nebula - NGC 2018 - N 206 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.14 -- Dragon's Head Nebula - NGC 2029-32-35-40, N 59c -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.15 -- N 70 -- Technical Information - Fig. 8.16.
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Tulip Nebula - NGC 1962-65-66-70.
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