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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…
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…
Unusual Telescopes
In this book, Peter Manly surveys more than 150 unusual telescope designs. These are telescopes built by amateur and professional astronomers to suit some special need. There is, for instance, an inflatable telescope and one with a liquid mirror.…
Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories
Call it a rite of passage. Call it the first step on an exciting journey. Call it what you want, but buying a first telescope is a leap of faith. For the beginning astronomer it is a gamble -- a hunch concerning the nature of a hobby not completely…
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…
Making & Enjoying Telescopes: 6 Complete Projects & A Stargazer's Guide
This guide for the backyard astronomer provides basic information, offers activity ideas, and gives construction details and assembly drawings for six telescopes.
Wide-Field Astrophotography: Exposing the Universe Starting With a Common Camera
The easiest way to capture the night sky on film is to use an ordinary 35-mm camera with interchangeable lenses. Such equipment affords a wide field of view, making easy work of imaging constellations, comets, meteors, the Milky Way, and much more.…
The New CCD Astronomy: How to Capture the Stars With a CCD Camera in Your Own Backyard
It contains everything you need to know to become proficient at CCD imaging. Hundreds of detailed illustrations show you how to select equipment, take pictures, and process your images with a variety of software.
This book cover everything you…
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…
