Overview
- The only observational-biased book about the milky way provides amateur astronomers with extensive deep-sky observational targets
- Includes many of the latest professional images of milky way objects
- Star charts and maps facilitate quick location of interesting objects
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)
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Reviews
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"Mike Inglis is … well known from numerous amateur astronomers. With its two-book set on the Milky Way … walk along our Galaxy. … these are truly universal books that can be used by any astronomer anywhere in the World. The text is very pleasant and illustrated both by useful charts and a lot of photographies … from various sources. These two volumes constitute, for sure, good fellows for any amateur astronomer." (Philippe Spindel, Physicalia, Vol. 57 (3), 2005)
"Mike’s passion for the subject shines through in his descriptions of the many coloured and double stars, star clusters … . Inglis has taken on a big task. … succeeds very well. … There are many images of deep sky objects … . Their quality is good … . The colour images are nicely reproduced … . This is a super duo of books – a well written observational reference work, recommended for all observers." (Peter Grego, Popular Astronomy, Vol. 52 (1), January-March, 2005)
"The idea … is good, with an interesting selection of well described objects. … nice feature is a coloured fold-out panorama of the entire Milky Way, with constellation outlines. … In summary, this is a useful pair of books on an interesting topic. They include enough objects to keep observers busy … ." (Stewart Moore, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 114 (3), 2004)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astronomy of the Milky Way
Book Subtitle: The Observer’s Guide to the Southern Milky Way
Authors: Michael D. Inglis
Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0641-8
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0641-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-9756
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 242
Number of Illustrations: 661 illustrations in colour