Star Clusters A Pocket Field Guide /

• Main Author: Cardona III, Charles A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide
• Subjects: Science (General).; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7040-4

Star clusters are some of the most beautiful objects in the night sky and are prime targets for observational astronomers as well as astrophotographers. Using some of the newer technologies and larger and more powerful telescopes available today to amateur astronomers, many more of these dazzling gr...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: Background
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Understanding Stars and Star Clusters
• Chapter 3: How to Use This Book
• Part II: Star Clusters
• Chapter 4: Descriptions, Images, and Charts
• Index.