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- Provides a unique and up to date collection of facts about the physical nature of distant faint objects
- Greatly enhances the appreciation of the visual appearance of a faint object in the eyepiece
- Has the potential to renew the interest of those who have observed well-known deep sky objects and want a greater challenge
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Observing Guides (OBSERVING)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Physical Nature of Faint Objects
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Front Matter
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How to Observe Faint Objects
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Houston, USA
Brian Cudnik
About the author
Brian Cudnik has been an amateur astronomer for over 30 years and manages the Physics laboratories at Prairie View A& M University (a part of the A&M University of Texas). He has been the coordinator of the Lunar Meteoritic Impact Search section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) since January 2000. Cudnik began at ALPO two months after it made the first confirmed visual observation of a meteoroid impact on the Moon during the Leonid storm of November 1999. Cudnik has an MSc and has published papers and posters on various astronomical subjects, both peer-reviewed and amateur. He has served as a board member of the Houston Astronomical Society, is presently an Associate member of the American Astrononmical Society, a member of the American Association of Variable Star and a regular contributor of observations to the International Occultation Timing Association. He teaches astronomy at the University of St. Thomas two evenings per week each semester.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Faint Objects and How to Observe Them
Authors: Brian Cudnik
Series Title: Astronomers' Observing Guides
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6757-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6756-5Published: 18 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6757-2Published: 18 September 2012
Series ISSN: 1611-7360
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6546
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Popular Science in Astronomy