Setting-up a small observatory
Arditti, David.
Setting-up a small observatory from concept to construction / [electronic resource] : Setting up a small observatory David Arditti ; with a foreword by Patrick Moore. - New York : Springer Science + Business Media, c2008. - xv, 235 p. : ill. - Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1617-7185 . - Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series. .
Includes index.
Telescopes and techniques -- The observatory site -- Types of observatories -- To build or to buy? -- Techniques of construction -- Finishing the observatory -- Organising the observatory -- Comfort and convenience -- Some case studies -- Maintaining and getting the best from equipment -- Appendix 1: Observatory manufacturers -- Appendix 2: Useful web links.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Astronomical observatories.
Telescopes.
Electronic books.
QB81 / .A73 2008eb
522/.1
Setting-up a small observatory from concept to construction / [electronic resource] : Setting up a small observatory David Arditti ; with a foreword by Patrick Moore. - New York : Springer Science + Business Media, c2008. - xv, 235 p. : ill. - Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1617-7185 . - Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series. .
Includes index.
Telescopes and techniques -- The observatory site -- Types of observatories -- To build or to buy? -- Techniques of construction -- Finishing the observatory -- Organising the observatory -- Comfort and convenience -- Some case studies -- Maintaining and getting the best from equipment -- Appendix 1: Observatory manufacturers -- Appendix 2: Useful web links.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Astronomical observatories.
Telescopes.
Electronic books.
QB81 / .A73 2008eb
522/.1