TY - BOOK AU - Mollise,Rod TI - The urban astronomer´s guide: a walking tour of the cosmos for city sky watchers T2 - Patrick Moores practical astronomy series SN - 1846282160 U1 - 520 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Springer KW - Astronomía KW - Manuales N1 - pt. I: Telescopes and techniques. The whys and hows of urban observing ; Telescopes for urban observers ; Accessories for urban observers ; Urban observing techniques and projects ; Urban observing programs -- Part II: A walking tour of the cosmos. Spring: Tour 1. Burning heart of the hunting dogs, M94, M51, and company, Tour 2. Lion´s den, Tour 3. The tresses of Berenice, Tour 4. In the arms of the maiden ; Summer: Tour 1. The friendly stars, Tour 2. Arkenstone in the stars, Tour 3. Star nests in Cygnus, Tour 4. Requiem for the dead stars ; Autumn: Tour 1. A trio of Fall globulars, Tour 2. Titan and Crab, Tour 3. The Cassiopeia clusters, Tour 4. Deep water constellations ; Winter: Tour 1. M 78: Return of the hunter, Tour 2. Challenges for deep winter nights, Tour 3. A surprise planetary, Tour 4. Winter´s Eskimo, Tour 5. One for the road. -- Appendix 1: Internet resources -- Appendix 2: Finding directions in the sky -- Appendix 3: Object classification and descriptions -- Appendix 4: The urban astronomer´s guide: complete list of objects UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0702/2005932858.html ER -