| Side Lights On Astronomy Contributor(s): Newcomb, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162683856 ISBN-13: 9781162683850 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Science | Astronomy - Science | Essays |
| Dewey: 520 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.81 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The impression is quite common that satisfactory views of the heavenly bodies can be obtained only with very large telescopes, and that the owner of a small one must stand at a great disadvantage alongside of the fortunate possessor of a great one. This is not true to the extent commonly supposed. Sir William Herschel would have been delighted to view the moon through what we should now consider a very modest instrument; and there are some objects, especially the moon, which commonly present a more pleasing aspect through a small telescope than through a large one. |
