Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky (2008)(en)(370s)

Stoyan R., Binnewies S., Friedrich S.0511423292, 0521895545

В атласе дана исчерпывающая информация по всем объектам Каталога Мессье (фотографии, история открытия, местоположение на небосводе, условия наблюдения итп), также изложена биография составителя Чарльза Мессье, и история развития самого каталога.-

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Table of contents……Page 8
Foreword……Page 10
Preface……Page 11
The data files……Page 12
The texts……Page 13
The pictures……Page 14
1730 to 1751: Childhood and adolescence……Page 17
1751 to 1757: Assistant of the Naval Observatory……Page 18
1759 to 1770: Comet discoveries and recognition……Page 21
1770 to 1789: Changing private fortunes and observational successes……Page 22
1789 to 1804: In the turmoil of the French Revolution……Page 24
M 46 to M 52: Further discoveries……Page 27
M 71 to M 103: Méchain’s discoveries and the final catalog version……Page 28
M 104 to M 109: After press……Page 32
M 91……Page 36
M 104……Page 38
M 108, M 109……Page 40
The catalog……Page 41
2 foot observed objects: M 2……Page 50
6 foot……Page 51
The galactic nebulae……Page 55
The open clusters……Page 56
The planetary nebulae……Page 57
The globular clusters……Page 58
The galaxies……Page 59
The non-physical objects……Page 62
Visual observation of the Messier objects……Page 65
Photography of the Messier Objects……Page 70
M 1 The Crab Nebula……Page 73
M 2……Page 78
M 3……Page 80
M 4……Page 82
M 5……Page 84
M 6 The Butterfly Cluster……Page 86
M 7……Page 88
M 8 with the Lagoon Nebula……Page 90
M 9……Page 95
M 10……Page 97
M 11 The Wild Duck Cluster……Page 98
M 12……Page 100
M 13 The Great Hercules Cluster……Page 102
M 14……Page 106
M 15……Page 108
M 16 with the Eagle Nebula……Page 110
M 17 The Omega or Swan Nebula……Page 113
M 18……Page 117
M 19……Page 118
M 20 The Trifid Nebula……Page 119
M 21……Page 124
M 22……Page 126
M 23……Page 128
M 24 The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud……Page 130
M 25……Page 133
M 26……Page 134
M 27 The Dumbbell Nebula……Page 136
M 28……Page 141
M 29……Page 142
M 30……Page 144
M 31 The Andromeda Galaxy……Page 146
M 32……Page 154
M 33 The Triangulum Galaxy……Page 155
M 34……Page 160
M 35……Page 162
M 36……Page 164
M 37……Page 166
M 38……Page 168
M 39……Page 170
M 40……Page 172
M 41……Page 173
M 42 The Great Orion Nebula……Page 175
M 43……Page 185
M 44 The Beehive Cluster or Praesepe……Page 186
M 45 The Pleiades or Seven Sisters……Page 189
M 46……Page 195
M 47……Page 197
M 48……Page 199
M 49……Page 201
M 50……Page 203
M 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy……Page 205
M 52……Page 210
M 53……Page 212
M 54……Page 214
M 55……Page 215
M 56……Page 217
M 57 The Ring Nebula……Page 219
M 58……Page 226
M 59……Page 228
M 60……Page 230
M 61……Page 232
M 62……Page 235
M 63 The Sunflower Galaxy……Page 237
M 64 The Black Eye Galaxy……Page 240
M 65……Page 243
M 66……Page 247
M 67……Page 250
M 68……Page 252
M 69……Page 254
M 70……Page 255
M 71……Page 256
M 72……Page 258
M 73……Page 260
M 74……Page 261
M 75……Page 264
M 76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula……Page 266
M 77……Page 268
M 78……Page 271
M 79……Page 274
M 80……Page 275
M 81……Page 278
M 82……Page 282
M 83……Page 285
M 84……Page 289
M 85……Page 292
M 86……Page 294
M 87……Page 296
M 88……Page 299
M 89……Page 301
M 90……Page 304
M 91……Page 307
M 92……Page 309
M 93……Page 311
M 94……Page 312
M 95……Page 315
M 96……Page 317
M 97 The Owl Nebula……Page 320
M 98……Page 323
M 99……Page 325
M 100……Page 328
M 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy……Page 331
M 102……Page 335
M 103……Page 338
M 104 The Sombrero Galaxy……Page 340
M 105……Page 343
M 106……Page 346
M 107……Page 349
M 108……Page 350
M 109……Page 353
M 110……Page 355
Glossary of technical terms……Page 359
Main part……Page 364
Distance data……Page 367
Individual objects……Page 368