Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope A Guide to Commercial SCTs and Maksutovs
Amateur astronomy is becoming more and more popular, mostly because of the availability of relatively low-cost astronomical telescopes of superb quality - commercially-made Schmidt-Cassegrain and Maksutovs. Rod Mollise's book contains everything amateur astronomers need to know about these tele...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Springer London
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Why a CAT?
- 2 What’s a CAT?
- 3 Inside a CAT
- 4 Which CAT?
- 5 The SCT Out-of-Box Experience: Initial Telescope Assembly and Checkout
- 6 Accessories for your CAT
- 7 From That Very First Night: Field Set-up, Checkout and Observing
- 8 Care and Feeding of a CAT: Alignment, Testing, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 9 Keeping your CAT Happy: Hints, Tips and Projects
- 10 The Advanced CAT: Imaging and Computers
- 11 Afterword: 25 Years with a CAT — How to Keep Going