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The modern amateur astronomer
- Title
- The modern amateur astronomer / Patrick Moore, ed.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Springer, [1995], ©1995.
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- Additional Authors
- Moore, Patrick.
- Description
- viii, 166 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Practical astronomy
- Uniform Title
- Practical astronomy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Patrick Moore -- 1. Optical Principles / R. W. Forrest -- 2. Buying a Telescope / Patrick Moore -- 3. Commercially Made Telescopes / John Watson -- 4. Observatories and Telescopes / Denis Buczynski -- 5. Making Your Own Telescope / John Watson -- 6. Auxiliary Equipment / M. Mobberley -- 7. Electronics and the Amateur Astronomer / Maurice Gavin -- 8. First Steps in Astronomical Calculations / Gerald North -- 9. Astronomical Spectroscopes / C. R. Kitchin -- 10. Astrophotography / Robin Pearce -- 11. Astronomical Societies / Patrick Moore.
- ISBN
- 3540199004 (Berlin : pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0387199004 (New York : pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 95032987
- OCLC
- 32821147
- ocm32821147
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries