{"product_id":"observing-the-messier-objects-with-a-small-telescope-in-the-footsteps-of-a-great-observer-9780387853567","title":"Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope: In the Footsteps of a Great Observer","description":"\u003cp\u003eObserving the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope contains descriptions and photographs of the 103 Messier objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. The photographs show how the objects appear through a 127mm Maksutov (and other instruments, where applicable). The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and a special feature of this book is that it shows what you can see with a small telescope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It will also contain binocular descriptions of some objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMessier published the final version of his catalog in 1781 (it contains 103 different objects), a catalog so good that it is still in common use today, well over two centuries later. In making a catalog of all the 'fixed' deep-sky objects that observers might confuse with comets, Messier had succeeded in listing all the major interesting deep-sky objects that today are targets for amateur astronomers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMessier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. Thus - and despite the fact that he was a master observer - all the things Messier saw can be found and observed by any observer using a commercial 127 mm (5-inch) telescope. \u003ci\u003eObserving the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope\u003c\/i\u003e lets the reader follow in Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780387853567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Pugh is a mathematician, member of the Institute of Technical and Scientific Communicators, and travels the world as a freelance trainer in science and business. He has had his articles published in \u003ci\u003eSky \u0026amp; Telescope, Astronomy, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAstronomy Now, \u003c\/i\u003e and is the author\/editor of Springer's forthcoming book, \u003ci\u003eObserving the Sun with Coronado(TM) Telescopes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40058190463091,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_90b30133-43d8-4212-8efc-b4ee36789635.jpg?v=1651586813","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/observing-the-messier-objects-with-a-small-telescope-in-the-footsteps-of-a-great-observer-9780387853567","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}