Friday, June 7, 2013

Review: Uranography: A Brief Description of the Constellations Visible in the United States, with Star-Maps, and Lists of Objects Observable with a Small Telescope


Uranography: A Brief Description of the Constellations Visible in the United States, with Star-Maps, and Lists of Objects Observable with a Small Telescope
Uranography: A Brief Description of the Constellations Visible in the United States, with Star-Maps, and Lists of Objects Observable with a Small Telescope by Charles Augustus Young

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



The pull-out star-maps and dictionary-like lists of objects in this compact imitation leather pocket guide is a detailed vintage look at star-gazing in 1936 in North America. It is much more technical than I think coud excite the typical amateur today which somehow seems to us having lost some incisive yearning along with the light pollution of the decades...



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