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La collection "Que sais-je?"Le point des connaissances actuelles n°652
Sundials
Have you every wanted to build a sundial or to understand how one works? Then you have probably been frustrated as you search vainly for help. Most books on the subject are either rare out-of-print works published centuries ago and available only in…
Handbook for Telescope making
About the art of telescope making.
Astronomical telescopes and observatories for amateurs
This book discusses all aspects of the science of observation, providing advice and background information on the advantages ans disadvantages of various kinds of apparatus, both for the readers who wish to know what to buy or who wish to make their…
Astronomy's quest for sharp images
Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has…
Space Telescopes
Space telescopes are among humankind’s greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these…
Europe to the Stars
ESO is Europe’s portal to the stars. Here astronomers from fifteen countries join forces to unravel the secrets of the Universe by building the largest telescopes on Earth, designing sensitive cameras and instruments and scrutinising the…
Observational Astronomy
The long-awaited second edition of this well-received textbook gives a thorough introduction to observational astronomy. Starting with the basics of positional astronomy and systems of time, it continues with charts and catalogs covering both…
The E-ELT construction proposal
Extremely Large Telescopes are considered worldwide as one of the highest priorities in ground-based astronomy. They will vastly advance astrophysical knowledge, allowing detailed studies of subjects including planets around other stars, the first…
Small Telescopes and Astronomical Research
This book chronicles the remarkable resurgence in small telescope astronomical research sparked by three technical breakthroughs: compact Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes, personal computers, and affordable CCD cameras. Every night, cosmic mysteries are…