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Brent A. Archinal

Star Clusters

by Brent A. Archinal (Author), Steven J. Hynes (Author), David H. Levy (Foreword)

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This book covers, in just under 500 pages, star clusters, globular clusters, asterisms and other objects that have been misidentified as such. It is both a descriptive text of the historical study and astrophysics of some of the youngest (open clusters) and oldest (globular clusters) objects that populate the Universe along with the most up-to-date catalog of these objects in existence - an effort that has taken more than a decade to complete.

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0943396808
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978-0943396804
Publisher

Willmann-Bell
Publication date

April 1, 2003
Language

English
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8.5 x 1.5 x 11 inches
Print length

484 pages
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Willmann-Bell (April 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 484 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0943396808
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0943396804
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.75 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.5 x 11 inches

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Well worth the price for solid, well presented information

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2019

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Some of the discussion of photographing star clusters--which now can be done readily and surprisingly well with a smartphone adaptor--is a bit dated, but the rest of the book contains a wealth of information. This book is well worth the dollars spent by an observational enthusiast.

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Rodger Raubach

Packed with information!

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2007

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This specialist volume deals with both open, or "galactic", clusters and globular clusters. Written for the amateur astronomer or backyard stargazer, there is loads of detailed information to assist the finding and observing of these objects. Although there are a few typos and spelling errors, these can be overlooked in respect to the wealth of information made available at such a reasonable cost. Recommended.

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Jim A

Good astronomy

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2016

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Has a prominent place in my library.

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Ronald Korngiebel

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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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Technical reference.

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urban astronomer

Magnificent work!

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2008

There are precious few books specifically available about star clusters. After owning Mark Allison's flawed though still useful "Star Clusters and How to Observe Them" and more recently volume 3 of the Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer's Handbook", I bought Archinal & Hynes "Star Clusters".

This book dwarfs the other ones both in content and actual physical dimensions. It is not a field guide as the other ones are meant to be. Yet the information contained is invaluable to all star cluster (and this book, as do the others cover both open and globular clusters) observers. A virtually complete list of all the cataloged star clusters and suspected star clusters as well as several asterisms is covered. In addition, there is extended notable information described on a large selection of them.

Though in one case I was disappointed that there was no extended info on M37 in Auriga (one of my favorite open clusters), I was delighted to read about some I never knew there were. Did you know that Arcturus is the brightest member of a nearby open (and very loose: spanning 6x4 degrees in the sky) star cluster? I had no idea before opening this book.

Illustrated with excellent black and white photos and (some) drawings. This book is a must-own for any star cluster enthusiast.

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Carol

great reference book

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013

I'm so glad I found this book. It's got all of the kind of information needed for understanding clusters and observing them. Well written, and very interesting to read. Well organised. A must have for the cluster enthusiast.

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