Complete manual of amateur astronomy: tools and techniques for astronomical observations
(2012)
By:
Sherrod, P. Clay
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486152165 (electronic bk.) MWT11604711, 0486152162 (electronic bk.) 11604711
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Concise, highly readable book discusses the selection, set-up, and maintenance of a telescope; amateur studies of the sun; lunar topography and occultations; observations of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the minor planets and the stars; an introduction to photoelectric photometry; and more. 1981 edition. 124 figures. 26 halftones. 37 tables
Mode of access: World Wide Web