Cosmic Challenge: The Ultimate Observing List for Amateurs

by Philip S. Harrington

Book Overview

Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar landing sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermost planets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distant galaxies, and quasars. Each target object is accompanied by a rating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108710751
• ISBN13: 9781108710756
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 9.7"