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| Steve O'Meara's Herschel 400 Observing Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen James O'meara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $67.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 469718
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 380
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0521858933
Dewey Decimal Number: 520
EAN: 9780521858939
ASIN: 0521858933
Publication Date: July 30, 2007
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Product Description
The Herschel 400 is a list of 400 galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, picked from over 2,500 deep-sky objects discovered and catalogued by the great eighteenth-century astronomer Sir William Herschel and his sister Caroline. It comprises 231 galaxies, 107 open clusters, 33 globular clusters, 20 planetary nebulae, 2 halves of a single planetary nebula, and 7 bright nebulae. In this guide Steve O'Meara takes the observer through the list, season by season, month by month, night by night, object by object. He works through the objects in a carefully planned and methodical way, taking in some of the most dramatic non-Messier galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters in the night sky. Ideal for astronomers who have tackled the Messier objects, this richly illustrated guide will help the amateur astronomer hone their observing skills.
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 Herschel 400 seen by the best eyes in Astronomy November 23, 2008
Steve O'Meara is not only one of the most prolific of writers in Astronomy, but also blessed with incredibly sharp vision. He described visually radial banding in the rings of Saturn years before it was proven with the Cassini probe! His sharpness of vision is in evidence by his attention to detail and consistency of presentation that makes Herschel 400 a "must own" field guide for the amateur and professional observer. One word of advice to the visually challenged, some of the Herschel objects are very faint; a large Dobsonian mounted Newtonian telescope of 12" or larger equipped with quality eyepieces will bring out the resolution and details that you might expect to see from the photographs in the book.
 Good down to earth method to get there August 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For who is accustomed to lavishly laid-out O'Meara's other guides (the Deep-Sky Companions), well, this is not it. No beautiful sketches taken at the ocular from the master, no thoroughly developed histories of the objects, their discovery and particularities.
Instead, what you have here is a very clearly laid-out plan to tackle the Herschel 400 night by night, month by month, short descriptions to what there is to see and the difficulty of the object, a description of the the nightly star-hop to bag them, and a smallish picture of the object. It reminds me of The Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide: With Complete Maps, Charts and Tips to Guide You to Enjoying the Most Famous List of Deep-Sky Objects, in that it is really a guide to get there. In all, a very good book, quite useful if you intend to go deeper than Messier.
One thing though (and four stars instead of five)- as compared to his previous guides, the mapping is dissapointing, and the finder maps are quite useless; you will need a good star atlas (Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas, or Sky Atlas 2000.0, 2nd Deluxe Edition by Wil Tirion (Author), Roger W. Sinnott (Author)) along to tackle the faint fuzzies.
Pep May 23, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Esta muy bien, faltaria alguna foto en color. Recomendable, ayuda bastante a planificar con vistas a futuras observaciones.
Outstanding Book! High Praise for Steve O'Meara March 11, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I own all four of Steve O'Meara's incredible books. The Herschel 400 book packs all the information you need to find and log these objects.I highly recommend this book. AAAAA+
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