Many of the most spectacular astronomical objects are found in the southern skies. With this up-to-date, superbly illustrated handbook, both the amateur with binoculars and the expert with a telescope can make discoveries about new and interesting objects. Professor E. J. Hartung first produced his comprehensive and highly respected guide in 1968. Now the book has been greatly expanded and thoroughly revised, enhancing its character as an indispensable information source. With over 150 illustrations, new material is included on constellations and celestial coordinate systems as well as more modern descriptions of stars, nebulae and galaxies. The authors have included a new "southern Messier" list of objects. The authors' passion for their subject make this a unique and inspirational book. Many of the beautiful photographs were taken by David Malin, the world's leading astronomical photographer. The result will fascinate active and armchair astronomers alike.
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"...thoroughly revised and expanded. Nearly 200 objects are illustrated and much new material has been included about the constellations as well as a more modern description of the nebulae and galaxies. Many beautiful photographs in this second edition were taken by renowned astrophotographer David Malin. Recommended as a unique guide to the southern deep sky!" Jose Olivarez, The Strolling Astronomer
"Wow! Here is a book that will delight the eye and cause astronomical mouths to water...To all amateur astronomers and many professionals...I can assure you that you will find this book a joy to own...If you are planning a trip south of the equator or have already been there, you absolutely must have a copy of this stunningly beautiful new edition..." William Liller, Sky & Telescope
"No serious amateur astronomer in the southern hemisphere should be without Hartung's Astonomical Objects for Southern Telescopes...It's the second edition of this book--northern hemisphere astronomers should buy it and be envious." New Scientist
"Among many observing books on the current market, this volume deserves above-average attention becuase of its well-updated contents and easy style." W.D. Heintz, American Scientist
"Illustrated with lovely color pictures by Malin, it is a handsome book." T.T. Arny, Choice
"Wow! Here is a book that will delight the eye and cause astronomical mouths to water...To all amateur astronomers and many professionals...I can assure you that you will find this book a joy to own...If you are planning a trip south of the equator or have already been there, you absolutely must have a copy of this stunningly beautiful new edition..." William Liller, Sky & Telescope
"No serious amateur astronomer in the southern hemisphere should be without Hartung's Astonomical Objects for Southern Telescopes...It's the second edition of this book--northern hemisphere astronomers should buy it and be envious." New Scientist
"Among many observing books on the current market, this volume deserves above-average attention becuase of its well-updated contents and easy style." W.D. Heintz, American Scientist
"Illustrated with lovely color pictures by Malin, it is a handsome book." T.T. Arny, Choice
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Up-to-date and superbly illustrated, Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes enables both amateurs with binoculars and experts to discover the spectacular astronomical objects in the southern skies. Hartung's original 1968 guide is greatly expanded and thoroughly revised, with over 150 illustrations, new material on constellations and celestial co-ordinate systems, modernized descriptions of stars, nebulae and galaxies and a new 'southern Messier' list of objects. With photographs by David Malin, the world's leading astronomical photographer, the authors' passion for their subject makes this inspirational book a delight to all observers.
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A great by-the-telescope companion to Southern observers,
This review is from: Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes: A Handbook for Amateur Observers (Hardcover)
I love this book. It has been my sole companion during long nights of telescope observation. Most amateur astronomy guides have been written by people living in the Northern Hemisphere, thus neglecting the wonderful objects available to Southern observers. We have access to the Magellanic Clouds, Carina, the best globular clusters, the center of the Milky Way, etc. I have known amateurs that, misled by Northern guides (which are a lot cheaper), venerated the Orion nebula but knew nothing about Eta Carinae ! Or the Magellanic Clouds. What a shame ! The book begins with a very concise and to the point theoretical exposition of the main objects of observation for amateur astronomers. Although I had already read quite a few astronomy books before this one, this section proved insightful and useful. The guide then presents a large list of astronomical objets available from the Southern Hemisphere, with the usual characterizarion by popular and catalogue names, kind, visual magnitude, etc. and giving the exact RA-DEC coordinates for epoch 2000 (my other guide, the venerable Burnham's Celestial Handbook is based on epoch 1950 coordintes). A beautiful collection of photographs by the magician of astronomical photography (David Malin) embellishes the book, but is somehow disconnected from the rest of the content, in the sense that it presents astronomical objects as they are recorded by film and not the human eye at the eyepiece, and is thus not very hepful for finding and appreciating them. But the core of the book is the description of astronomical objects, organized by constellation. This has proved to be a key resource for me in the planning of my observing sessions. A selection of "best objects" is always subjective, so you have to rely on the good judgement of the author. Besides, you cannot base your choices just on the scientific value or the interest to research observatories: the relative value of objects can never be the same to an amateur with a 10 inch telescope than it is to a professional astronomer with access to a 5 meter scope. A galaxy that looks wonderful on a Palomar, Keck or HST photograph, can be no more than a source of frustration for amateurs with standard equipment. A handbook for amateur astronomers has to be a very different thing than an Astronomy handbook. It is in this sense that the book excels. The advise, from the standpoint of amateurs, on the best objects to point your scope to, and on what to expect at the eyepiece has proved to be right again and again. It is like having with you a very experienced friend with your same equipment. Given the very limited dark-site time I have, I greatly appreciate the possibility of making the best use of it. If have a moderately large amateur telescope and you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this book, ...is a very good investment. Especially considering the cost of all the equipment you already own! Think of it as the software for your hardware...
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This book is expensive, but if you want a really good coverage of the southern skies for obssrving and what you can see and where, this is a good book for that. Covers every area and has lots of good photos and great list of deep sky objects. I strongly recommend it .
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The movement of the Sun, Moon and stars across the sky defines our day, month and year. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
single prism image, slow direct motion, pale yellow pair, bluish planetary nebula, interesting double stars, edgewise spiral galaxy, wide unequal pair, conspicuous galaxies, many scattered stars, shared proper motion, slight retrograde motion, sprinkled star field, many southern observers, common proper motion, blue planetary nebula, physical connection between the stars, several double stars, very faint ground, bright yellow pair, deep yellow star, yellow binary, similar proper motion, apertures deal, little central condensation, round haze Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Designation Designation, Dec Mag Double, William Herschel, Local Group, Common Alternative Position, New York, Magellanic Clouds, Cambridge University Press, Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, Otto Struve, Sky Publishing, Argo Navis, Coma Berenices, Corona Australis, James Dunlop, Anglo-Australian Telescope, Canes Venatici, Barnard's Loop, Dover Publications, Harlow Shapley, Triangulum Australe, Canis Major, Omega Centauri New!
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The movement of the Sun, Moon and stars across the sky defines our day, month and year. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
single prism image, slow direct motion, pale yellow pair, bluish planetary nebula, interesting double stars, edgewise spiral galaxy, wide unequal pair, conspicuous galaxies, many scattered stars, shared proper motion, slight retrograde motion, sprinkled star field, many southern observers, common proper motion, blue planetary nebula, physical connection between the stars, several double stars, very faint ground, bright yellow pair, deep yellow star, yellow binary, similar proper motion, apertures deal, little central condensation, round haze Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Designation Designation, Dec Mag Double, William Herschel, Local Group, Common Alternative Position, New York, Magellanic Clouds, Cambridge University Press, Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, Otto Struve, Sky Publishing, Argo Navis, Coma Berenices, Corona Australis, James Dunlop, Anglo-Australian Telescope, Canes Venatici, Barnard's Loop, Dover Publications, Harlow Shapley, Triangulum Australe, Canis Major, Omega Centauri New!
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- Double Stars (Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs) by W.D. Heintz on 4 pages
- Structure and Dynamics of Globular Clusters (Asp Conference Series Publications : Volume 50) by S. G. Djorgovski on page 18, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Interstellar Matters: Essays on Curiosity by G.L. Verschuur on page 13, page 18, and page 36
- Interstellar Matters: Essays on Curiosity and Astronomical Discovery by Gerrit L. Verschuur on page 13, page 18, and page 36
- Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes: With an Addendum for Northern Observatories by Ernst Johannes Hartung in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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