Telescopes & Binoculars

Item No. 846-10301
Manuf. No. Sky Publishing 46972

Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects expands on the famous Messier catalog of 109 observing delights by adding another 109 equally appealing deep sky objects to observe. The Caldwell list includes such fascinating objects as the Bowtie Nebula, the Cat?s Eye Nebula, the Ghost?s Goblet, the Horseshoe Cluster, the Bubble Nebula, the Blinking Planetary . . . and that just includes the named objects among the first 15 Caldwell objects. Also included is a list and descriptions of 20 additional spectacular non-Caldwell/non-Messier objects. This book is the ultimate road map to Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore?s catalog of 109 star clusters, nebulas, and galaxies that didn?t make it into the Messier list. The book was written by Stephen James O?Meara, a contributing editor to Sky and Telescope magazine and has a foreword by Patrick Moore, the tireless British champion of astronomy and compiler of the Caldwell catalog. Each of the 109 Caldwell objects is illustrated with a photo, a superb finderscope locating chart, and a detailed hand-drawn eyepiece sketch which shows the object?s appearance in a 4″ refractor. A first-hand visual description in included, with the object?s history and astronomical significance explained in vivid and engaging detail. For example, the essay on Omega Centauri (Caldwell #80) is over five pages long and well worth reading for the sheer pleasure of it.

A review by a Sky & Telescope contributing editor said, ?This wonderful observing guide is a testament to what experience, persistence, and dark skies can reveal to the patient deep sky observer. O?Meara?s essays are interwoven with a tapestry of background material that lends depth and richness to the observing experience. His skilled observations and side jaunts to obscure targets give both novice and seasoned skygazers fresh vista to seek and explore.”

You can expand your observing universe and test your viewing skills with this excellent observing guide. It is a must for budding night watchers, both as a guide at the telescope and as a fascinating read when the skies are cloudy.

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Sky Publishing - The Caldwell Objects 46972

Item No. 890-11135

Willmann-Bell, Inc. is privileged to bring to press the stunning “Next Edition” of the world-famous Uranometria 2000.0. The most comprehensive stellar/deep sky atlas and data resource we have seen, the three volumes of Uranometria 2000.0 are so much more than a “Second Edition,” they can only be considered the fulfillment of that process to which the first edition was but prologue. Years in development, this massive achievement affords astronomers, astrophotographers and CCD imagers the finest roadmap to the heavens yet produced at such a modest price. More than 280,000 stars and over 30,000 deep sky non-stellar objects are located with a degree of accuracy heretofore unavailable in one resource. Encyclopedic in nature, with beautifully redrawn maps, a host of efficient navigation tools, and more accurate catalog data for three times the number of deep sky objects shown in the preceding work, Uranometria 2000.0 is clearly an atlas and guide every telescope user, whatever their aperture, will want to own.

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Willmann-Bell Book: Urano Metria 2000 (Volumn 3) - Deep Sky Field Guide