Dickinson - NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

NightWatch : a practical guide to viewing the universe

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NightWatch : a practical guide to viewing the universe

Dickinson, Terence

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TERENCE DICKINSON

Foreword Timothy Ferris

THIRD EDITION: Revist d and Expanded for Use Through 2010

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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE, INDIANA 46802

You may return this book to any agency or branch of the Allen County Public Library

A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

TERENCE DICKINSON

Foreword by Timothy Ferris

Illustrations by

Adolf Schaller, Victor Costanzo and Roberta Cooke Principal photography by Terence Dickinson

Firefly Books

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A Firefly Book

Photographs in this book that are not credited below are by Terence Dickinson.

Copyright 1998 Terence Dickinson

All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication, reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without the prior consent of the Publisher, is an infringement of the copyright law and is forbidden.

Reprinted with revisions December 1998

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Dickinson, Terence

NightWatch : a practical guide to viewing the universe Rev. ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-55209-300-X (bound)

ISBN 1-55209-302-6 (pbk.)

1. AstronomyPopular works. I. Title.

QB64.D52 1998 520 C98-931005-1

Published in Canada in 1998 by Firefly Books Ltd.

3680 Victoria Park Avenue Willowdale, Ontario M2H 3K1

Published in the United States in 1998 by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc.

P.O. Box 1338, Ellicott Station Buffalo, New York 14205

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our publishing activities.

Produced by Bookmakers Press Inc.

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Kingston, Ontario K7K 1W1 ^|| e n County rUDllC LIDiaiJ

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Design by Roberta Cooke Fort Wayne, UN huu

Front cover composite photo: Comet Hale-Bopp and

observer, by Terence Dickinson

Back cover photo: Horsehead Nebula by Tony Hallas

Color separations by Friesens, Altona, Manitoba

Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens, Altona, Manitoba

Printed on acid-free paper

Other Firefly books by Terence Dickinson

Exploring the Night Sky Exploring the Sky by Day The Universe and Beyond The Backyard Astronomers Guide (with Alan Dyer)

From the Big Bang to Planet X

Extraterrestrials

(with Adolf Schaller) Other Worlds Summer Stargazing Splendors of the Universe (with Jack Newton)

p.4 left, Bernard Clark; p.7, Jim Riffle; p.9, George Greaney; p.13, NASA; p.14 bottom left, NASA; p. 14-17, illustrations by Adolf Schaller; p.15 upper left, NASA; p.16 upper left, NASA; p.17 upper right, Jack Newton; p.18 upper left, NASA; p.18 lower left, illustration by John Bianchi; p.18 right, illustration by Adolf Schaller; p.19, Space Telescope Science Institute; p.20-22, illustrations by Adolf Schaller; p.23 top (both) Jack Newton; p.23 bottom, NO AO; p.27, Jerry Lodriguss; p.28-29, illustrations by Victor Costanzo; p.29 right, Alan Dyer; p.30-32, illustrations by Roberta Cooke; p.35 inset, NASA; p.39, Alan Dyer; p.43 bottom, Jerry Lodriguss; p.44, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.45, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.50, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.51, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.54, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.55, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.56, Jerry Lodriguss; p.58, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.59, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.62 lower left, Alan Dyer; p.67, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.70 bottom left and right, Alan Dyer; p.72 left, Alan Dyer; p.72 right, Meade Instruments; p.74 top, Meade Instruments; p.74 center, Gary Collver; p.74 bottom, Alan Dyer; p.65, Alan Dyer; p.77 top right, Alan Dyer; p.79 center and bottom (both), Alan Dyer; p.80 top and #3, Alan Dyer; p.80 bottom, Meade Instruments; p.84 inset, Alan Dyer; p.85 top, Tony Hallas; p.87-90, Jerry Lodriguss; p.91 top and center, illustrations by Adolf Schaller; p.91 right, Jerry Lodriguss; p.92 left (both), illustrations by Adolf Schaller; p.92 right, Jack Newton; p.93 top right, center and bottom, illustrations by Adolf Schaller; p.93 top right, Jack Newton; p.94 illustration by Adolf Schaller; p.95 Sky Atlas 2000 segment courtesy Sky Publishing; p.95 right, Jerry Lodriguss; p.96 top right, illustration by Adolf Schaller; p.96, notebook courtesy Russell Sampson; p.98 top, illustration by Adolf Schaller; p.98 #2, Jerry Lodriguss; p.98 #3, Jack Newton; p.100-119, cartography by Roberta Cooke from base photography by Ray Villard; p.120, Robert May; p.121, Space Telescope Science Institute; p.122, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.124 top, George Liv; p.125 top (both), Roy Bishop; p.126, NASA; p.127, NASA; p.127 inset, Frank Hitchens; p.130, NASA; p.131, notebook by Matthew Sinacola; p.132 left, notebook courtesy Russell Sampson; p.132 right, Paul Doherty; p.139 left, sketch by Matthew Sinacola; p.142 top, Wolfgang Lille; p.144 bottom, John Hicks; p.144 (both), Alan Dyer; p.145 left, Alan Dyer; p.145 top, Dan Falk; p.145 bottom, John Nemy; p.146, Ron Schmidli; p.148, Andreas Gada;

p.149 right, Ron Schmidli; p.150 top, Alan Dyer; p.150 left center, John Nemy; p.150 right, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.151 left, Alan Dyer; p.151 right, Dan Falk; p.152 top, Jim Failes; p.157 top, William Broderick; p.158 top, Cathy Hall; p.158 left, STScI; p.158 bottom, Alan Dyer; p.160 left, illustration by Roberta Cooke; p.l60 top, illustration by Victor Costanzo; p.l6l right, John Mirtle; p.l62 left, Michel Tournay; p.l62 bottom, Bev McConnell; p.l67 top left, Alan Dyer; p.l67 #2, John Nemy; p.l69 center, Meade Instruments; p.169 bottom, Jack Newton; p.171, Calgary Planetarium.

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