A Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy: Tools and Techniques for Astronomical Observations
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Astronomy
| Author: | P. Clay Sherrod, Joseph I. Greene | ISBN: | 9780486152165 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications | Publication: | November 30, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | P. Clay Sherrod, Joseph I. Greene |
| ISBN: | 9780486152165 |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication: | November 30, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
