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020			_a9780511761430 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aQB853 _b.S736 2010
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100	1		_aSteinicke, Wolfgang, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aObserving and cataloguing nebulae and star clusters : _bfrom Herschel to Dreyer's New general catalogue / _cWolfgang Steinicke.
246	3		_aObserving & Cataloguing Nebulae & Star Clusters
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 648 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2016).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aNebulae _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aStars _xClusters _vCatalogs.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521192675
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761430
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