The 20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
A Practical Observing Guide
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- Author: Peter L. Manly
- Date Published: November 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521644419
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The 20-cm (8-in) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is the most popular telescope in the world. This compact instrument revolutionized amateur astronomy and astrophotography, and more than ten thousand are purchased each year. Manly, a devotee and keen user of the Schmidt-Cassegrain, takes the telescope owner, in easy stages, through all aspects of using the telescope. He starts with techniques for viewing the Moon, then takes the observer through our planetary system, and on to the deep sky, where nebulae and galaxies are treated extensively. There are interesting projects to try, such as observing the nearest star and chasing eclipses. The book describes a full range of telescope accessories and detectors together with advice on their use. The 40-page appendix is packed with hard-to-find practical information. Peter Manly is the author of Unusual Telescopes (CUP, 1992).
Read more- Describes how to get the most from the world's most popular telescope
- Plenty of interesting objects to look for and projects to try
- Packed with practical tips and hard-to-find information
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"...walks the reader through all sorts of projects, gives tips on photography, and presents a survey of accessories useful for both types of activities. Appendices tell the reader how to polar align, collimate, and clean the telescope...this book does an excellent job in conveying the 8-inch SCT's exciting potential. People who own, or are planning to buy, this type of scope will want to examine this book." Astronomy
See more reviews"...does an exceptional job in conveying the 8-inch SCT's exciting potential. People who own, or are planning to buy, this type of scope will want to examine this book." Astronomy
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- Date Published: November 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521644419
- length: 284 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 153 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.46kg
- contains: 90 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. History and development of the 20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain
2. First observation - the Moon
3. Planets, double stars and other bright things
4. Deep sky
5. A couple of interesting problems
6. Some accessories for the telescope
7. Observing with friends
8. Projects
9. Photography
10. Photometers, computers, image intensifiers and television
11. Afterword
Ten appendices
Index.
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