Grab 'n' go astronomy
Like everyone else, most amateur astronomers live busy lives. After a long day or work or looking after young children, the last thing you want as an observer is to have to lug out a large telescope and spend an hour getting it ready before it can be used. Maybe you are going on vacation somewhere i...
| Main Author: | English, Neil, |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Springer,
2014.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : color illustrations. |
| Series: |
Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Grab 'n' Go Equipment
- Grab 'n' Go Refractors
- Grab 'n' Go Dobsonians
- Grab 'n' Go Catadioptrics
- The Binocular Universe
- Grab 'n' Go Mounts
- Ancillary Equipment for Small Telescopes
- Part II: Grab 'n' Go Observing
- Sol Invictus
- Lunar and Planetary Observing
- Double Star Observing
- Observing Open and Globular Clusters
- Realm of the Nebulae
- Variable Star Observing
- Observing Galaxies.