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The American Association of Variable Star Observers Report 30; Light Curves of Long Period Variables Sept. 22, 1963 -- June 17, 1966
Cambridge, Mass. The American Association of Variable Star Observers 1975 Soft Cover Very Good Wraps, Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Very nice clean copy containing laid-in letter from association director dated December, 1975 announcing publication of report. Pages pristine and no spine crease. Only fault is light browning to edges of white covers and a few flat creases at corners. A list of variables and observers is followed by astronomical charts incorporating 132,000 observations of 446 variables. Light curves of variables are computer plotted 10-day mean values. Program developed by Barbara L. Welther, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of Center for Astrophysics. 155 pages, plus blank pages for notes.
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18.00 USD
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The Strolling Astronomer; The Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (20 Issues 1969-1979)
University Park, New Mexico The Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Very nice quarterly magazines with no tears and no mailing labels. All are tightly bound with no names or writing. A few show a small bit of toning to covers, but the earlier ones are pristine. All measure 7"x10". Issues include July and October, 1969, all four for 1970, all four 1971, February, June and December 1972, April, June and October, 1973; February 1977; April, 1978 and October, 1979. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. A sampling of articles include: the tail of Coment Ikeya-Seki 1965f; solar eclipse plans for March 7, 1970 vy the Astronomical Lague for U.S. Stations and Mexico; the distribution of lunar domes, crisis in the lunar section; the sun-grazing comets, areas of lunar lowlands, Armand N. Spitz, and Iapetus and the glare of Saturn.
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35.00 USD
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Cunningham, Clifford Introduction to Asteroids: The Next Frontier
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. Willmann-Bell 1988 0943396166 / 9780943396163 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Nice copy of a slightly hard to find title. Very clean inside and out with no spine crease, names or writing. Illustrated throughout with charts, photos, and graphs. Also includes tables for 3,317 asteroids. The author's goal was to make the subject more understandable to the amateur astronomer and to cover topics not discussed in Tom Gehrel's 1979 landmark book, Asteroids. Despite title, book is not overly simplistic. 208 pages. Indexed.
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18.00 USD
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Oldenburger, Penny (editor) Astronomy Magazine (Full Run, 12 Issues 1976)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin AstroMedia Corp. 1976 Soft Cover Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Beautiful magazines carefully kept by a collector. Billed as "the world's most beautiful astronomy magazine." Illustrated with both color and black and white photos. A sampling of articles includes: the Zeta Reticuli incident. exploing stars, astrophotography, infrared astronomy, dust clouds and ice ages, quasars, discovery of a minor planet, skylore of indigenous Americans, a history of American astronomy, Viking orbits mars, the moon's early history, radio interferometry, the space telescope and radar astronomy. Other full run sets available.
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36.00 USD
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Oldenburger, Penny (editor) Astronomy Magazine (Full Run, 12 Issues 1977)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin AstroMedia Corp. 1977 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Beautiful magazines carefully kept by a collector. Small tear to upper back corner of one and a small spot to one cover. No labels. Billed as "the world's most beautiful astronomy magazine." Illustrated with both color and black and white photos. A sampling of articles includes: why planets have rings; the polar regions of mars, robot probes, slow boat to Centauri, HEAOs, the X-ray universe; gamma rays and the origin of cosmic radiation, the end of time, astronomers in space, duststorms of Mars, Uranus and Neptune, Viking on Mars, and life on Mars. Other early full runs available.
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35.00 USD
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Seymour, Percy Cosmic Magnetism
Bristol & Boston,.MA Adam Hilger 1986 0852745567 / 9780852745564 Hard Cover Fine Fine
Crisp, as new book. No names or writing, no tears or chips -- no faults and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Measures 6-1/2"x9-1/2"The study of extraterrestrial magnetic fields is discussed here in a non-mathematical way to serve as an introduction to the topic. The first three chapters consolidate knowledge of magnetism, especially the magnetic field of the Earth, and discusses reasons for studying astronomy and, especially, Cosmic Magnetism. The remainder of the book concerns itself with solar, planetary and interplanetary fields, fields in stars and pulsars, fields of the Milky Way and fields in other galaxies. Illustrated liberally with drawings. 156 pages.
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16.00 USD
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Shawcross, William E.; Managing Editor Sky and Telescope Magazine; April, 1969 Vol. 37, No. 4 San Fernando Observatory; Perkins Telescope
Cambridge, Massachusetts Sky Publishing Corporation 1969 Soft Cover Very Good Wraps, Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Crisp, beautiful magazine with no real defect of note. No address label either. Pages untoned and no writing. The lead article with color photo on cover is about the then new San Fernando Solar Observatory erected by the Aerospace Corporation. It's a six page spread featuring seven excellent black and white photos, two technical drawings, two small maps and one block of 25 small photos depicting a small flare observed on March 27, 1967 at five separate wavelengths. Also, includes great piece on the Perkins 72" telecsope in Arizona with four sensational photos, including one full-page shot. Additional articles on the 1968 Texas Symposium on pulsars, two problems in gravatation, TV observations of the Crab Nebula pulsar and Mariners 6 and 7 which launched from Cape Canaveral and were to fly by Mars.
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10.00 USD
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science Fifty-Sixth and Fifty-Seventh Meetings
Washington D.C. Press of Gibson Bros. 1907 No Edition Stated Soft Cover Good Wraps, Fair
Book is very clean and tightly bound, but wraps have piece missing at crown of spine and two tears at tail, as well as several small edge tears. Rough, uncut pages to text. Front of book stamped with private library name and the date May 14, 1908.Text comprised of two sessions -- a special summer meeting held at Ithaca, New York June 28th to July 3, 1906 and a winter meeting in New York City Dec. 27th, 1906 -- January 2, 1907. Covers the following disciplines: mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, physics, mechanical science and engineering, geology, geography, zoology, botany, anthropology, social and economic science, and physiology and experiemental medicine. Includes an address by physicist, Henry Crew, Northwestern University professor and pioneer in the field of spectroscopy and its applications to astrophysics. 677 pages. Indexed. Photo and drawings at rear.
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28.00 USD
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