{"product_id":"2026200018469-secondhand-the-messier-album","title":"The Messier Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew catalogues in the history of science have proved as enduring — or as visually magnificent — as the one compiled by eighteenth-century French astronomer Charles Messier, and The Messier Album by John H. Mallas and Evered Kreimer stands as one of the most celebrated observational guides ever devoted to its 110 celestial objects. Combining Kreimer's stunning astrophotography with Mallas's meticulous visual observations made through a modest amateur telescope, the work presents each nebula, star cluster, and galaxy with both scientific rigour and aesthetic wonder, bridging the gap between professional astronomy and the dedicated backyard observer. The result is an authoritative, object-by-object chronicle of the Messier catalogue that remains an indispensable reference for amateur astronomers at every level of experience.\n\nPublished by Sky Publishing Corporation — the renowned Cambridge, Massachusetts house behind Sky \u0026amp; Telescope magazine — this first edition carries the weight of institutional authority in the amateur astronomy world. Mallas and Kreimer argue implicitly but powerfully that deep-sky observing is as much an art as a science, and their dual approach of photograph paired with hand-drawn sketch illustrates just how much the trained human eye can perceive under dark skies. Steeped in the tradition of careful, patient observation, The Messier Album invites the reader to turn the page — and then turn their telescope toward the heavens — to discover what Messier himself once dismissed as mere nuisances on his comet-hunting charts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736233480411,"sku":"2026200018469-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/50cce6a4-c234-4bc0-9968-20e8b76d6e30.png?v=1792122654","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018469-secondhand-the-messier-album","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}