Michael A Covington

How to Use a Computerized Telescope

Practical Amateur Astronomy Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 189mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 537g
• ISBN-13: 9780521007900
• ISBN-10: 0521007909
• Artikelnr.: 21458409

Autorenporträt

Michael Covington is one of America's leading amateur astronomers and the author of Astrophotography for the Amateur (0521641330).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Telescopes in General: 1. Welcome to amateur astronomy!
2. How the sky moves
3. How telescopes track the stars
4. Using equatorial mounts and wedges
5. Telescope optics
6. Eyepieces and optical accessories
7. Astrophotography
8. Troubleshooting
Part II. Three Classical Telescopes: 9. Three that led the revolution
10. Meade LX200
11. Celestron NexStar 5 and 8
12. Meade Autostar (ETX and LX90).