James Muirden

How to Use an Astronomical Telescope

A Beginner's Guide to Observing the Cosmos

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Produktbeschreibung

For the beginning astronomer here is a comprehensive book covering everything from the difficult task of selecting an instrument to the equally daunting choices that arise when a telescope is turned to the heavens.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fireside
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780671664046
• ISBN-10: 0671664042
• Artikelnr.: 21264355

Autorenporträt

James Muirden is the author of eleven books on astronomy, including The Amateur Astronomer's Handbook. He spent nine years working as an astronomical optician making telescopes before receiving a teaching degree at Exeter University, and is now Project Publications Officer for the Schools Health Education Unit at Exeter. He lives with his wife and two children in Exeter, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
1 Astronomical Telescopes
2 How the Sky Moves
3 How to Start Observing
4 Daytime Astronomy -- the Sun
5 The Dead World of the Moon
6 Observing the Planets
7 How to Observe Comets
8 A First Look at the Stars
9 Observing Double and Multiple Stars
10 Observing Clusters, Nebulae, and Galaxies
11 Windows into Space
Appendixes
Index