Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 648 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511761430
Content:
The New General Catalogue, originally created in 1888, is the source for referencing bright nebulae and star clusters, both in professional and amateur astronomy. With 7840 entries, it is the most-used historical catalogue of observational astronomy, and NGC numbers are commonly used today. However, the fascinating history of the discovery, observation, description and cataloguing of nebulae and star clusters in the nineteenth century has largely gone untold, until now. This well-researched book is the first comprehensive historical study of the NGC, and is an important resource to all those with an interest in the history of modern astronomy and visual deep-sky observing. It covers the people, observatories, instruments and methods involved in nineteenth-century visual deep-sky observing, as well as prominent deep-sky objects. The book also compares the NGC to modern object data, demonstrating how important the NGC is in observational astronomy today
Content:
Introduction -- William Herschel's observations and parallel activities -- John Herschel's Slough observations -- Discoveries made in parallel with John Herschel's Slough observations -- John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope -- The time after Herschel's observations untill Auwers' list of new nebulae -- Compiling the General Catalogue -- Dreyer's first catalogue: the supplement to Herschel's General Catalogue -- Compilation of the New General Catalogue -- The New General Catalogue: publication, analysis and effects -- Special topics -- Summary
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521192675
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521192675
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511761430
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