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"...accessible...comprehensive but largely jargon-free...would be a welcome addition to any library supporting amateur or undergraduate astronomers." Hilary Leon, DePaul University Libraries
"Maschholz offers an excellent historical reference on the celestial objects that Charles Messier feared could be mistaken for comets about 200 yearsago. Recommended." Choice
"An excellent field reference..." Stardust
"Maschholz offers an excellent historical reference on the celestial objects that Charles Messier feared could be mistaken for comets about 200 yearsago. Recommended." Choice
"An excellent field reference..." Stardust
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The Messier Catalogue is a list of one hundred and ten galaxies, star clusters and nebulae, and includes many of the brightest and best-known objects in the sky. Amateur astronomers who find all the objects on the list in one night have successfully completed the Messier Marathon. The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon contains over 90 easy-to-use star maps to guide the observer from one object to the next, and provides tips for a successful night of observing. Don Machholz also tells the story of the eighteenth-century astronomer, Charles Messier, and how he came to compile his extensive catalogue. His complete guide to the Messier Marathon will help the amateur astronomer to observe the Messier Objects throughout the year, using a small telescope or even a pair of binoculars. Don Machholz is an engineer in Auburn, California. Interested in astronomy since childhood, he is a renowned comet hunter, having discovered nine comets that bear his name. He writes articles for local California newspapers and radio stations for special astronomical events. Between 1988 and 2000, Don Machholz was the Comets Recorder for the Association of Lunar and Planetary Recorders.
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Charles Messier lived and worked during a pivotal point in visual astronomical history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
messier marathon, search sequence, morning twilight Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Charles Messier, Atlas Number, Milky Way, Tom Reiland, Deep Sky Magazine, Don Machholz, Messier's Nebulae, Second Edition, Astronomy Magazine, Halley's Comet, Messier Catalogue, Owen Gingerich, Tom Hoffelder, Walter Scott Houston, Crab Nebula, First Edition, Loma Prieta, Coma Berenices, Deep Space, Equinox Mag, Gerry Rattley, North Pole, Pierre Mechain New!
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Charles Messier lived and worked during a pivotal point in visual astronomical history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
messier marathon, search sequence, morning twilight Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Charles Messier, Atlas Number, Milky Way, Tom Reiland, Deep Sky Magazine, Don Machholz, Messier's Nebulae, Second Edition, Astronomy Magazine, Halley's Comet, Messier Catalogue, Owen Gingerich, Tom Hoffelder, Walter Scott Houston, Crab Nebula, First Edition, Loma Prieta, Coma Berenices, Deep Space, Equinox Mag, Gerry Rattley, North Pole, Pierre Mechain New!
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- Deep-Sky Wonders (Stargazing) by Walter Scott Houston on page 77, and page 93
- The Caldwell Catalogue by Patrick Moore on page 83
- Full Moon (The Moon Series, Books 1 and 2) by Rebecca York on page 27
- Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors by Hans Vehrenberg on page 95
- Binocular Stargazing by Michael D. Reynolds in Back Matter
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