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A popular handbook and atlas of astronomy, designed as a complete guide to a knowledge of the heavenly bodies and as an aid to those possessing telescopes

Peck, William, Sir, 1862-1925 · 1891 · New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons · 98 pictures

A popular astronomy handbook and star atlas by William Peck, City Astronomer of Edinburgh, issued by G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York in 1891 for amateur observers with small telescopes. The plates are numbered star charts printed white on deep blue, with graded dots for magnitude, thin coordinate grids, ruled borders, engraved constellation labels and mottled Milky Way patches.

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