Observing
the Caldwell Objects

by David Ratledge

Published by Springer (London), 2000
ISBN 1-85233-628-5

The original and still the best - BEWARE OF IMITATIONS

Features CCD images by Christian Buil, Eric Thouvenot, Tim Puckett, Steve Lee, Pedro Re, Alex Richter and David Ratledge

The book is still probably the most logical available with all the objects in numerical order and a double page spread for every one!

To order with credit card from Springer direct:-
Tel 01483-418822 or online at springer.com


Seen the Messier stuff?

Been there?

Bought the T-shirt?

Ready for a new challenge?

A new collection of Deep-Sky targets for the modern amateur astronomer was long overdue. Patrick Moore’s Caldwell Catalogue fills that gap and Observing the Caldwell Objects provides the necessary comprehensive object-by-object guide to each one. The challenge of seeing all objects that rise 5 degrees above your horizon is applicable to all observers, photographers and CCD imagers, wherever they are located – northern or southern hemisphere.

 

For each of the 109 Deep-Sky objects there is a modern image, a database of properties, a finder chart, observation guidance and a technical description based on the very latest research papers. Along the way we will meet, and learn about, all manner of planetary nebulae, young and old open clusters, near and far globular clusters, bright and dark nebulae, galaxies of all shapes and sizes, Wolf-Rayet stars, T Tauri stars, Blue Stragglers, X-ray objects, Fliers and LINERS. And of course lurking in the background are black holes!

David Ratledge, editor/author of the popular books The Art & Science of CCD Astronomy and Software & Data for Practical Astronomers, has used his expertise to draw together images, observations and data from all over the world and assembled them into an easy-to-use guide to Observing the Caldwell Objects. It is probably the first guide book where virtually every object has been imaged using a CCD camera.

 

Image contributors include such well known names as Christian Buil, Eric Thouvenot and Tim Puckett. Also included is a large fold-out all-sky map showing the location of ALL 109 objects (unlike competing charts which omit the most northerly and southerly objects).

 

STOP PRESS - the new Meade ETX and Celestron Nexstar telescopes include the Caldwell catalogue in their databases. So if you have one, or are planning to buy one, "Observing the Caldwell Objects" will provide the essential background information to each of these exciting objects.

C43

Caldwell 43 (NGC7814)


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