Deep-Sky Companions: The Secret Deep

Contents......Page 8
HOW THE 109 SECRET DEEP OBJECTS WERE SELECTED......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 About this book......Page 16
THE TELESCOPE AND SITE\n......Page 17
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK\n......Page 20
SOURCES OF DATA AND INFORMATION\n......Page 21
Globular star clusters\n......Page 22
THE FINDER CHARTS\n......Page 23
THE IMAGES\n......Page 25
Mario Motta and his 32-inch dreamscope......Page 26
THE DRAWINGS\n......Page 29
CHAPTER 2\nThe Secret Deep......Page 32
AN IMAGING CHALLENGE\n......Page 35
THE NAKED-EYE LOOP\n......Page 135
NGC 4051\n......Page 234
NGC 4111\n......Page 237
THE MYSTERY\n......Page 451
APPENDIX A The Secret Deep: basic data......Page 479
APPENDIX B\nTwenty additional Secret Deep objects......Page 482
APPENDIX C Deep-sky lists: comparison tablea......Page 483
APPENDIX D Photo credits......Page 486
The Secret Deep checklist......Page 488
Index......Page 492