{"product_id":"observing-the-messier-objects-with-a-small-telescope-in-the-footsteps-of-a-great-observer-paperback","title":"Observing the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope: In the Footsteps of a Great Observer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Pugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserving the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope\u003c\/i\u003e lets the reader follow in Charles Messier's footsteps by observing the Messier objects more or less as the great man saw them himself! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains descriptions and photographs of his 110 cataloged objects, with instructions on how to find them without a computerized telescope or even setting circles. Messier's telescope (thought to be a 4-inch) was, by today's amateur standards, small. It also had rather poor optics by modern standards. The visual appearance of a Messier object is often very different from what can be imaged with the same telescope, and this book shows what you can see with a small telescope or even binoculars!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 387\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42140403957840,"sku":"9780387853567","price":66.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/STFSbXpJUVozK3VMNWhMRzA5SWcxUT09.webp?v=1774353110","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/observing-the-messier-objects-with-a-small-telescope-in-the-footsteps-of-a-great-observer-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}