How to Use a Computerized Telescope
Practical Amateur Astronomy Volume 1
Series: Practical amateur astronomy; 1;
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Product details:
- Edition number and title Volume 1
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 26 September 2002
- ISBN 9780521007900
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 247x190x15 mm
- Weight 540 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 110 b/w illus. 7 tables 0
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Short description:
The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope.
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How to Use a Computerized Telescope is the first handbook that describes how to get your computerized telescope up and running, and how to embark on a program of observation. It explains in detail how the sky moves, how your telescope tracks it, and how to get the most out of any computerized telescope. Packed full of practical advice and tips for troubleshooting, it translates the manufacturers' technical jargon into easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, and includes many of the author's tried and tested observing techniques. Early chapters explain how to test your telescope's optics, choose eyepieces and accessories, and diagnose operational problems. The second half of the book then gives detailed instructions for three classic telescopes: the Meade LX200, Celestron NexStar 5 and 8, and Meade Autostar (ETX and LX90). Concentrating mainly on telescope operation and troubleshooting, it is the ideal companion to Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes, also by Michael Covington.
'[Covington] writes clearly and the text is presented in an orderly manner, so that the reader is unlikely to become confused.' The Times Higher Education Supplement
Table of Contents:
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).
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