Télécharger le livre :  Choosing and Using a Dobsonian Telescope
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In the 1960's, American amateur astronomer, John Dobson, designed a revolutionary kind of astronomical telescope featuring a lightweight large-aperture reflecting system on a simple mounting, using the then-revolutionary material called teflon. The design combines...

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Parution : 2011-07-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs
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Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who are looking for a new challenge. After a brief overview of the development of spectroscopes and an introduction to the theory of stellar spectra, the book goes on to examine the...

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Parution : 2011-02-07
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Télécharger le livre :  How to Photograph the Moon and Planets with Your Digital Camera
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Although astronomical CCD cameras can be very costly, digital cameras – the kind you use on holiday – on the other hand, are relatively inexpensive. Moreover, their technology – especially thermal noise, sensitivity (ISO number) and resolution – has progressed to a...

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Parution : 2011-01-25
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Télécharger le livre :  The Moon in Close-up
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Information collected by recent space probes sent to explore the Moon by the USA, the European Space Agency, Japan, China and India has changed our knowledge and understanding of the Moon, particularly its geology, since the Apollo missions. This book presents those...

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Parution : 2010-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age
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Building an astronomical telescope offers the amateur astronomer an exciting challenge, with the possibility of ending up with a far bigger and better telescope than could have been afforded otherwise. In the past, the starting point has always been the grinding and...

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Parution : 2010-10-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Hunting and Imaging Comets
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For many astronomers, the holy grail of observation is to discover a comet, not least because comets always bear the name of their discoverer! Hunting and Imaging Comets was written for comet hunters and digital imagers who want to discover, rediscover, monitor, and...

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Parution : 2010-10-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Choosing and Using a Refracting Telescope
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Choosing and Using a Refracting Telescope has been written for the many amateur astronomers who already own, or are intending to purchase, a refracting telescope – perhaps to complement their existing arsenal of larger reflecting telescopes – or for the specialist who...

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Parution : 2010-09-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies
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Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies is the first book specifically written for amateur astronomers who own, or who are about to purchase, a computer-controlled ‘go-to’ telescope. The advantage of the ‘go-to’ capability is enormous – the telescope can be aimed at any...

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Parution : 2010-09-14
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Télécharger le livre :  So You Want a Meade LX Telescope!
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Computers and Astronomy Perhaps every generation of astronomers believes that their telescopes are the best that have ever been. They are surely all correct! The great leap of our time is that computer-designed and machined parts have led to more accurately made com-...

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Parution : 2010-07-20
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Télécharger le livre :  1,001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die
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1,001 Celestial Wonders is a guide to the night sky's brightest and most fascinating objects. Each target is accessible to amateur astronomers using medium-sized telescopes from a dark site. In fact, many are so bright they remain visible under moderate light pollution,...

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Parution : 2010-07-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Rainbow Sky
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W here do you start to write about colors in the universe? Do you look to the deepest ocean trenches on Earth, with their awesome bioluminescent creatures roaming the blackness of the abyss? And where do you finish? With the most distant galaxies in the cosmos? A...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-03-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars
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Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars is a complete guide to practical astronomy, written for beginners, intermediate-level astronomers, and even people who have not yet turned their gaze to the night sky. The required observing equipment to get the full value...

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Parution : 2009-10-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Starlight
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This is a book about the physics of stars and starlight. The story of starlight is truly fascinating. Astronomers analyze and interpret the light from stars using photometry and spectroscopy, then inspirational detective work combines with the laws of physics to reveal...

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Parution : 2009-10-03
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Télécharger le livre :  The Science and Art of Using Telescopes
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Amateur astronomers have to start somewhere. Most begin by buying a modest astronomical telescope and getting to know the night sky. After a while, many want to move on to the next stage, but this can be problematic. The magazines advertise a mass of commercially-made...

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Parution : 2009-10-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Astronomical Cybersketching
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SketchingtheSkies Suddenly and without warning, a new star appeared in the night sky, and everyone in the community was alarmed. Nobody could remember having seen its like before. Dazzling to look at, this unexpected intruder in the heavenly vault gave off a light that...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-04-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Deep-Sky Video Astronomy
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Deep-Sky Video Astronomy is a concise guide to using modern integrating video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers. It includes an introduction and a brief history of the technology,...

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Parution : 2009-04-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Measure Solar System Objects and Their Movements for Yourself!
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Instead of taking somebody's word for it about the basic size and distance statistics for the solar system, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves. This is an enriching experience for any amateur astronomer - to understand and...

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Parution : 2009-04-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Make Time for the Stars
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Many amateur astronomers are short of time. A full-time career usually takes up most waking hours, and often there simply isn’t time for leisurely observing. Fortunately, modern technologies such as computer-controlled telescopes, GPS, north-seeking and level detection,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-04-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory
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Almost every amateur astronomer who has taken the pursuit to its second level aspires to a fixed, permanent housing for his telescope, permitting its rapid and comfortable use avoiding hours of setting-up time for each observing session. A roll-off roof observatory is...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-03-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Choosing and Using a New CAT
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Choosing and Using the New CAT will supersede the author’s successfulChoosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, which has enjoyed enthusiastic support from the amateur astronomy community for the past seven years. Since the first book was published, a lot has...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-02-28
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