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Telescopes - refractors and reflectors - are the main items of equipment used by almost every amateur astronomer. The purpose of astronomical telescopes is to collect and focus more light than the human eye can, forming an image that can be viewed, photographed, or analysed. Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs makes buying and using both telescopes and their ancillary instruments easy for astronomers of all abilities. It begins by looking at the advantages and disadvantages of the basic types of refractors, reflectors, mountings and accessories. Observation techniques are also included, along with the use of filters, (colour, anti-pollution and nebula), types of photography (piggy-back, prime focus and eyepiece projection), and also CCD imaging (including types of CCD camera and their advantages and disadvantages compared to photography). Martin Mobberley provides a fascinating insight into astronomical software.
Telescopes - refractors and reflectors - are the main items of equipment used by almost every amateur astronomer. The purpose of astronomical telescopes is to collect and focus more light than the human eye can, forming an image that can be viewed, photographed, or analysed. Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs makes buying and using both telescopes and their ancillary instruments easy for astronomers of all abilities. It begins by looking at the advantages and disadvantages of the basic types of refractors, reflectors, mountings and accessories. Observation techniques are also included, along with the use of filters, (colour, anti-pollution and nebula), types of photography (piggy-back, prime focus and eyepiece projection), and also CCD imaging (including types of CCD camera and their advantages and disadvantages compared to photography). Martin Mobberley provides a fascinating insight into astronomical software.
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Refracting telescopes ("refractors") focus light by using a lens (or "object glass", or "objective") as shown in Figure 2.1. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
planetarium package, periodic error correction, monocentric eyepiece, astronomical equipment, coma corrector, metre focal length, guiding eyepiece, planetary observing, amateur telescope makers, planetary imaging, eyepiece position, cold camera, micron pixels, equatorial mounting, barlow lens, eyepiece projection, solar filters, illuminated reticle, telescope focal length, planetary detail, achromatic refractors, planetary observers, corrector plate, occulting disk, planetary images Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Starlight Xpress, Tele Vue, Adobe Photoshop, Real Sky, Comet Hale-Bopp, Hubble Guide Star Catalogue, Nick James, Terry Platt, Denis Buczynski, Amateur Telescope Making, British Astronomical Association, Software Bisque, Andrew Elliott, George Alcock, Sky Atlas, Sky Publishing New!
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Refracting telescopes ("refractors") focus light by using a lens (or "object glass", or "objective") as shown in Figure 2.1. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
planetarium package, periodic error correction, monocentric eyepiece, astronomical equipment, coma corrector, metre focal length, guiding eyepiece, planetary observing, amateur telescope makers, planetary imaging, eyepiece position, cold camera, micron pixels, equatorial mounting, barlow lens, eyepiece projection, solar filters, illuminated reticle, telescope focal length, planetary detail, achromatic refractors, planetary observers, corrector plate, occulting disk, planetary images Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Starlight Xpress, Tele Vue, Adobe Photoshop, Real Sky, Comet Hale-Bopp, Hubble Guide Star Catalogue, Nick James, Terry Platt, Denis Buczynski, Amateur Telescope Making, British Astronomical Association, Software Bisque, Andrew Elliott, George Alcock, Sky Atlas, Sky Publishing New!
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- The Messier Album by John H. Mallas on page 125, and Back Matter
- Star Atlas by Rh Value Publishing on page 253, and Back Matter
- Colour Atlas of Galaxies by James D. Wray in Back Matter
- The Photographic Atlas of the Stars (UK edition) by Patrick Moore in Back Matter
- Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars by Patrick Moore in Back Matter
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- Observing Comets by Nick James in Front Matter, page 44, and Back Matter
- Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies: A New Approach to Observing Deep Space by Antony Cooke in Front Matter, and page 8
- Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Bob Mizon in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- More Small Astronomical Observatories by Patrick Moore in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Telescopes and Techniques: An Introduction to Practical Astronomy (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Chris Kitchin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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