Cover Image

The New Amateur Astronomer /

Show other versions (2)

Amateur astronomy has changed beyond recognition in less than two decades. The reason is, of course, technology. Affordable high-quality telescopes, computer-controlled 'go to' mountings, autoguiders, CCD cameras, video, and (as always) computers and the Internet, are just a few of the adv...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mobberley, Martin, 1958-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London, 2004.
Series:Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
Subjects:
Science (General)
Astronomy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why Amateur Astronomy?- Part I
  • Equipment: Optical Fundamentals; Buying a Commercial Telescope; Navigating the Rotating Spherical Sky; 'Go To' Telescopes and Mountings; Digicams and Video Astronomy; Cooled CCD Cameras; Image Processing Software
  • Part II
  • The People: CCD Planetary Imagers; Supernova Discoverers; Deep-sky Perfectionists; Cataclysmic Variable Observers and Gamma Ray Burster Hunters; Saving the World
  • Near Earth Object Chasers; Armchair Comet Hunters; Backyard Spectroscopists
  • Appendix I.