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Mollise, Rod, 1953-

The urban astronomer's guide : a walking tour of the cosmos for city sky watchers / Rod Mollise.

London : Springer, ©2006.

vii, 257 pages : illustrations (some color), star charts ; 24 cm.

"Many amateur astronomers live in urban and highly developed suburban areas, and many of them believe that they can't observe deep-sky objects from such light-polluted locations. But it isn't true. Given the right techniques, urban astronomers can routinely observe deep-sky objects night after night - something most of us would never do if it involved driving miles into the country to find a dark site. Rod Mollise has observed the entire Messier list from his urban backyard, without high-tech equipment, using only commercially-made telescopes and simple accessories." "This is a guide to good deep-sky astronomy under bad skies. There are literally hundreds of spectacular objects to be seen from the average urban site. After dealing with equipment, locations and even urban safety, Rod invites you to join him on his virtual "walking tours" of the night sky, with physical and observational descriptions, at-the-eyepiece drawings, and photographs."--Jacket.

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Includes index.

pt. I: Telescopes and techniques. The whys and hows of urban observing ; Telescopes for urban observers ; Accessories for urban observers ; Urban observing techniques and projects ; Urban observing programs -- Part II: A walking tour of the cosmos. Spring: Tour 1. Burning heart of the hunting dogs, M94, M51, and company, Tour 2. Lion's den, Tour 3. The tresses of Berenice, Tour 4. In the arms of the maiden ; Summer: Tour 1. The friendly stars, Tour 2. Arkenstone in the stars, Tour 3. Star nests in Cygnus, Tour 4. Requiem for the dead stars ; Autumn: Tour 1. A trio of Fall globulars, Tour 2. Titan and Crab, Tour 3. The Cassiopeia clusters, Tour 4. Deep water constellations ; Winter: Tour 1. M 78: Return of the hunter, Tour 2. Challenges for deep winter nights, Tour 3. A surprise planetary, Tour 4. Winter's Eskimo, Tour 5. One for the road. -- Appendix 1: Internet resources -- Appendix 2: Finding directions in the sky -- Appendix 3: Object classification and descriptions -- Appendix 4: The urban astronomer's guide: complete list of objects.

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