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Astronomy with a Budget Telescope /

Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS has long been the scourge of those people selling low-cost astronomical telescopes via mail-order catalogues and non-specialist stores. Ten years ago the quality was appalling and disappointment would have been almost guaranteed - but times have changed, and having survey...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Patrick
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Watson, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2003.
Subjects:
Physics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • How to Buy a Mail-order (or Main Street store) Telescope
  • Specifications
  • Accessories
  • Using a Mail-order Telescope
  • Care & Maintenance
  • Travelling with Your Telescope
  • Setting up an Equatorial Mounting
  • Observing the Solar System
  • The Moon
  • The Sun
  • The Planets
  • The Asteroids
  • Comets
  • Observing the Stars and Galaxies
  • Locating Stars
  • Star Colours
  • Spectral Classes
  • Double Stars
  • Multiple Stars
  • Variable Stars
  • Star Clusters
  • Nebulae
  • Galaxies
  • Photography and Imaging
  • Photographing the Moon
  • Photographing the Sun
  • Photographing the Deep Sky
  • Image Processing Software
  • Sharpness
  • Contrast and Brightness
  • Unsharp Masking
  • Colour Saturation and Hue
  • Trying Out Some Typical Mail-order Telescopes
  • Goldline Optical T70
  • Tasco Luminova 675x Reflector Telescope
  • Helios 60mm Altazimuth
  • Helios 60mm equatorial
  • The Next Steps.