Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep

by Stephen James O'Meara , Photographs by Mario Motta

• ISBN13: 9780521198769
• ISBN10: 0521198763
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In this fresh list, Stephen James O'Meara presents 109 new objects for stargazers to observe. The Secret Deep list contains many exceptional objects, including a planetary nebula whose last thermal pulse produced a circumstellar shell similar to the one expected in the final days of our Sun's life; a piece of the only supernova remnant known visible to the unaided eye; the flattest galaxy known; the largest edge-on galaxy in the heavens; the brightest quasar; and the companion star to one of the first black hole candidates ever discovered. Each object is accompanied by beautiful photographs and sketches, original finder charts, visual histories and up-to-date astrophysical information to enrich the observing experience. Featuring galaxies, clusters and nebulae not covered in other Deep-Sky Companions books, this is a wonderful addition to the series and an essential guide for any deep-sky observer.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this book

The secret deep

The secret deep: basic data

Twenty additional secret deep objects

Deep-sky lists: comparison table

Photo credits

Index

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