Choosing and Using a New CAT Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope

Catadioptric telescopes (CATs), such as the Schmidt Cassegrains, are increasingly popular with today’s amateur astronomers and are capable of showing even the novice observer thousands of beautiful deep space wonders. Modern CATs, though, have become increasingly reliant on computers. This allows th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mollise, Rod
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Why a CAT?
  • What’s a CAT?
  • Inside a CAT
  • Which CAT?
  • Making Friends with a CAT
  • Accessorizing a CAT
  • CAT
  • Enjoying a CAT
  • Care and Feeding of a CAT
  • Computerizing a CAT
  • Taking Pictures with a CAT
  • Choosing and Using a New CAT
  • Keeping the Passion Alive