Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara

Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects

Stephen James O'Meara

324 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction reference science informative slow-paced
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Charles Messier (1730-1817) devoted much of his life to searching the skies for comets. As he continued his comet hunting, Messier added other curious deep-sky objects to the list, largely with help from a young rival, Pierre Mechain. By 1781 the ...

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