Michael A. Covington
Auteur de Astrophotography for the Amateur
A propos de l'auteur
Michael Covington, an avid amateur astronomer since age 12, has degrees in linguistics from Cambridge and Yale. He does research on computer processing of human languages at The University of Georgia, where his work won first prize in the IBM Supercomputing Competition in 1990. His current research afficher plus and consulting areas include theoretical linguistics, natural language processing, logic programming, and microcontrollers. Although a computational linguist by profession, he is recognized as one of America's leading amateur astronomers and is highly regarded in the field. He is the author of several books afficher moins
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Œuvres de Michael A. Covington
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Latin Pronunciation Demystified 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Covington, Michael A.
- Date de naissance
- 1957-09-14
- Sexe
- male
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 284
- Popularité
- #82,067
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 42
- Langues
- 1
As I said before, the real gem is in the last section of the book where Covington lists two hundred objects that are readily visible in a 20cm scope from suburban skies. The list includes deep-sky objects, double and variable stars, and asterisms that are both familiar and obscure. For each object, Covington includes a brief description of what makes the object unique.
I highly recommend this book as an addition to any astronomy library collection.… (plus d'informations)