Sky Catalogue 2000.0: Volume 2, Galaxies, Double and Variable Stars, and Star Clusters: Stars to Visual Magnitude 2000.0 [Paperback]

Alan Hirshfield (Editor), Roger W. Sinnott (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521277213 | ISBN-13: 978-0521277211 | Publication Date: April 26, 1985

This is a standard reference work for telescope users which gives positional and other data for galaxies, double and variable stars, and star clusters. This companion to Volume One includes comprehensive tables on 20,000 objects. Comprehensive treatment is given for each object: position for epoch 2000.0, magnitudes in the UBV photometric system; color index; surface brightness and Hubble classification for galaxies; and many other characteristics. This is a re-issue of a book first published in 1985 which has been out-of-print for several years. It has been made available again in response to many requests from users of Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Volume 1.

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Book Description

A re-issue of a book first published in 1985 which has been out-of-print for several years. It has been made available again in response to many requests. It gives positional and other information for 20,000 objects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 26, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521277213
• ISBN-13: 978-0521277211
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,356,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Alan Hirshfeld is Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an Associate of the Harvard College Observatory. He received his undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Princeton University in 1973 and his Ph.D. in astronomy from Yale in 1978. His widely praised book, "Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos," published in 2002 by Henry Holt & Co., chronicles the human stories involved in the centuries-long quest to measure the first distance to a star. His second book, "The Electric Life of Michael Faraday," published in 2006 by Walker & Co., describes the life and work of the 19th century scientist who developed the electric motor, electric generator, and many fundamental ideas about electricity, magnetism, and light. "Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes," published by Walker & Co. in 2009, was released in paperback in September 2010. Prof. Hirshfeld's "Astronomy Activity and Laboratory Manual," a collection of mathematical exercises for college astronomy courses, was published by Jones & Bartlett Learning in 2009. Recipient of second prize in the Templeton Foundation's international Power of Purpose essay competition and also a Griffith Observatory/Hughes Aircraft Co. national science writing award, Prof. Hirshfeld has lectured around the country about scientific history and discovery.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Detailed Data, December 30, 2000

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This review is from: Sky Catalogue 2000.0: Volume 2, Galaxies, Double and Variable Stars, and Star Clusters: Stars to Visual Magnitude 2000.0 (Paperback)

I bought this book because I was looking for a reference for all the double stars and deep sky objects shown in SkyAtlas 2000.0 charts that I could not find listed or old coordinates used in Burnham's Celestial Handbook made difficult to tell which is which. This is the one. For every object I am looking for data, this reference shows the mag, size, seperation. For galaxies it also lists the brightness, which is usefull and will help you to understand why you have spent endless nights searching for a mag 9.5 galaxy only to discover it's brightness is only mag 10.5 because it's light is spread over such a wide area. This is not a star chart format book, it is a data reference listed in order of RA for double stars and in order of NGC # for most everything else. There is a notes column that will cross reference the M objects, but you cannot look them up unless you have the NGC #. It's easy really, if you have a good set of charts that you are starting from. If you want to know all about the objects by constellation, get the three books that make up the set of Burnham's. Even though they are 1950 coordianates, the will teach you more than you ever thought you could know about the sky. Use this as a current data reference to fill in the blind spots.