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Astronomy with a Budget Telescope (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Astronomy with a Budget Telescope (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

by PatrickMoore (Author), JohnWatson (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Astronomy with a Budget Telescope, 2nd Edition is a complete introduction to buying and using a low-cost amateur astronomical telescope. It provides essential hints and tips about what to look for when buying on a budget - the best are now excellent value, but they all lack an astronomer's advice about setting them up and using them. Astronomy with a Budget Telescope was first published in 2003, since then technology has moved on substantially. The main factors are first the availability of fairly inexpensive computer-controlled "go-to" telescopes which after setting up can automatically locate any celestial objects with reasonable accuracy. Second, digital cameras have now almost completely displaced "wet" film cameras, and some of them are particularly well-suited to astronomical use. Third, prices are down and quality is up! This new edition is revised and extended to include using a low-cost "go-to" telescope - there are various pitfalls to be avoided - and how this class of instrument can make amateur astronomy more accessible to those with limited time at their disposal. It also discusses the new breed of mid-range digital cameras that include powerful on-board processing and image enhancement software that used to be available only to people with advanced astronomical CCD cameras. Finally, there are detailed reviews and test reports on some of the budget telescopes that are available on Main Street and by mail order.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 130
 Publisher: Springer
Published: 31 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 1852335866
ISBN 13: 9781852335861

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This book is aimed at the beginner and gives comprehensive advice on the purchase and use of modest equipment, herein defined as costing less than A300. a ] Included are tables and color photographs depicting realistic telescopic views alongside the more lavish Hubble images of the same objects. a ] This book is well structured, giving the reader much useful information a ] . (Andrew Barber, The Observatory, Vol. 123 (1176), 2003)

This is a first class book, clearly written and laid out in such a way that newcomers to astronomy and the practical use of telescopes that this book was primarily written for will find it easy to read and navigate through. a ] Very useful are the telescopic images a ] . A read of Messrs. Moore and Watsons book will be excellent preparation for anyone to read PRIOR to the all important first telescope purchase. a ] would make a superb starter for anyone new to astronomy! (Philip Bridle, BBC Radio, February, 2003)

Patrick Moorea (TM)s name will help to sell Astronomy with a Budget Telescope to budding astronomers, and his chapters on where to point your telescope are invaluable to the first-timer, but ita (TM)s John Watsona (TM)s technical expertise that provides the bones of the book. a ] the book will give confidence to those investing their pounds, euros or dollars for the first time. (Mick Oa (TM)Hare, New Scientist, January, 2003)

Sir Patrick Moore, the legendary TV personality and presenter of BBC1a (TM)s The Sky at Night, has linked up with Old Basing astronomer John Watson to write the book, Astronomy with a Budget Telescope. a ] Astronomy with a Budget Telescope tells you everything you need to know, fromshopping for a telescope on a budget to setting it up and using it. (Alex Kalinik, The Basigstoke Gazette, November, 2002)