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Old 07-01-2012, 03:46 PM
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Treasures of the Southern Sky

Treasures of the Southern Sky
Gendler, Robert, Christensen, Lars Lindberg, Malin, David
2012, 190 p. 148 illus. in color.

This new book has lots of great images in it, of course.
There is a historical introduction.
The book is arranged by seasons - Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring.

There are images of 6 open clusters, 3 globular clusters, 36 nebulae, 3 dark nebulae, 4 planetary nebulae and 33 galaxies.

The OC are M7, M11, NGCs 3293, 4755, 6193 and 6520
GC are omega Cen, M22, 47 Tuc
PN are NGCs 2440, 5189, 6302 and 7293

http://www.springer.com/astronomy/as...-1-4614-0627-3
http://www.springerlink.com/content/...=951280&page=1
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