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Title:
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Keep watching the skies! : the story of Operation Moonwatch & the dawn of the spage age
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Authors:
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Patrick W. McCray
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-691-12854-2
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Format:
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xiii, 308 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB33.U6
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Subjects:
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Amateur astronomy--United States--History--20th century
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Astronomers--United States--History--20th century
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Space race--History
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Description:
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Introduction: "THEY said it couldn't be done!" -- Cultures of observation -- An astronomical engineer -- Wanted: satellite spotters -- Of spacehounds and lunartiks -- Seeing history through a small telescope -- Amateurs provide strength on the bench -- Moonwatch grows up -- The legacy of Moonwatch.
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Format :
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In print
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