CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………….. 6 - 7
II. THE UNIVERSE page
Planetary Nebula ………………………………………………......… 8 – 13
M 27
Dumbbell Nebula
M 57
Ring Nebula
NGC 1514
Reflection Nebula ………………………………………………….... 14 - 16
NGC
2261
B33
Horsehead Nebula
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula
Emission Nebula …………………………………………………….. 17 - 19
Sharpless 212
NGC 1491
IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula
Globular Clusters ………………………………………………………… 20 - 21
M15
M13
Double Stars …………………………………………………..…..
22 - 23
Epsilon Lyrae
Mizar
Galaxies …………………………………………………….. 24 - 32
M 51/NGC 5195,
NGC 5426/5427
M 33
NGC 7331
NGC 3344
NGC 891, NGC 4565
NGC 4676 A&B colliding
galaxies
UGC 480
Galaxy Clusters ………………………………………………………. 33 - 34
Abell 426
Coma Galaxy Group
Quasars ………………………………………………………. 35 - 36
PSS J1433+2724
Supernovae …..…………………………………………………... 37 - 43
M1
NGC 6951 1999el
M 74 2003gd
Planets …………………………………………………….… 45 - 48
Jupiter
Mars
Luna
- Origins, Tidal Locking,
Lagrange points
III.
TOOLS and NOTES
The Observatory …………………………...................………....…………… 49 - 52
Building the Observatory
The Telescope ………………………………….......................…………… 53 - 54
IV.
AN OBSERVERS NOTEBOOK
Names and Catalogs, Constellations …………...…………….............. 55 - 58
Equatorial Coordinates ………………………............……… 59 - 62
Galactic Coordinates ……………………............………....... 63
The Milky Way Galaxy ……………………………….......... 64
Magnitudes ………………………………………................ 70
The Big Bang - Cosmology ……………………………….............. 65 - 66
Thermonuclear Fusion ………………....……………............. 67 - 69
The Search for
Distances
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71 - 75