| Side Lights On Astronomy Contributor(s): Newcomb, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419147196 ISBN-13: 9781419147197 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 520 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 7.6" W x 9.22" (0.83 lbs) 212 pages |
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