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Praise for Craig Crossen and Gerald Rhemann's, Sky Vistas
Astronomy
"This is a practical and stunningly beautiful guide whose core is a descriptive tour of the best celestial sights: open and globular clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and large areas of sky. The photos in black and white and color, are magnificent. The text goes beyond ordinary descriptions to tell the reader something about each object's nature."
Sky & Telescope
"Packed with information that I have encountered nowhere else in amateur-astronomy literature. Sky Vistas also includes 48 full-page color astrophotos by Gerald Rhemann, most of which are magnificent."
Contents
Table of Contents: Acknowledgements • Key to Abbreviations • Captions of Color Plates Introduction The Stars • Stellar Groups • Nebulae • Galaxies Open Clusters Summer Constellations • Autumn Constellations • Winter Constellations • Open Clusters of Spring The Milky Way and its Bright Nebulae The Star Clouds of Sagittarius and Scutum • The Aquila Inter-arm Gap and the Great Rift • The Star Clouds and Nebulae of Cygnus • The Associations of Cepheus and Lacerta • The Cassiopeia Window • The Milky Way toward the Rim of the Galaxy • The Orion Association Galaxies and Galaxy Groups The Local Group • Nearby Galaxy Groups • Galaxy Groups in Leo • The Coma-Virgo Galaxy Cluster • Other Galaxies of the Spring Skies • Looking out of the Local Supercluster Stars, Globulars, Planetaries Stars • Globular Clusters • Planetary Nebulae Sources • General Index • Open Clusters Index • Bright Nebulae Index • Stellar Associations Index • Galaxies Index • The Authors
