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Several chapters, instead, focused on photographic techniques. /Rect [ 17.01000 21.01000 191.50000 13.01000 ] In addition, we have reordered the material in several chapters in a way we hope is more pedagogically useful. One of us (GG) used it as the primary text for an advanced undergraduate course in astronomy beginning in 1997. Observational Astronomy is the perfect textbook for upper level undergraduate or beginning graduate courses on astronomy. /Annots [ << The book builds on a fundamental discussion of the basics of light and the effects of the atmosphere on astronomical observations. 0.57000 w The book builds on a fundamental discussion of the basics of light and the effects of the atmosphere on astronomical observations. endstream /Border [ 0 0 0 ] 17 0 obj Observational Astronomy 2nd Edition by D. 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