Setting-up a small observatory [electronic resource] : from concept to construction / David Arditti ; with a foreword by Patrick Moore.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Patrick Moore's practical astronomy seriesPublication details: New York : Springer Science + Business Media, c2008.Description: xv, 235 p. : illOther title:
  • Setting up a small observatory
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 522/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • QB81 .A73 2008eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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