Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 History and development of the 20-cm Schmidt–Cassegrain
- 2 First observation – the Moon
- 3 Planets, double stars and other bright things
- 4 Deep sky
- 5 A Couple of Interesting Problems
- 6 Some accessories for the telescope
- 7 Observing with friends
- 8 Projects
- 9 Photography
- 10 Photometers, computers, image intensifiers and television
- 11 Afterword
- Appendix 1 Sources of further information
- Appendix 2 How to align the polar axis with the Earth's axis of rotation
- Appendix 3 Collimation of an S–C telescope
- Appendix 4 Cleaning the corrector plate
- Appendix 5 Mount vibrations
- Appendix 6 Field operations packing checklist
- Appendix 7 Astronomical nomenclature
- Appendix 8 Catalogue of bright stars & interesting things
- Appendix 9 Catalogue of nearby stars
- Appendix 10 Messier Catalogue
- Index
Appendix 1 - Sources of further information
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 History and development of the 20-cm Schmidt–Cassegrain
- 2 First observation – the Moon
- 3 Planets, double stars and other bright things
- 4 Deep sky
- 5 A Couple of Interesting Problems
- 6 Some accessories for the telescope
- 7 Observing with friends
- 8 Projects
- 9 Photography
- 10 Photometers, computers, image intensifiers and television
- 11 Afterword
- Appendix 1 Sources of further information
- Appendix 2 How to align the polar axis with the Earth's axis of rotation
- Appendix 3 Collimation of an S–C telescope
- Appendix 4 Cleaning the corrector plate
- Appendix 5 Mount vibrations
- Appendix 6 Field operations packing checklist
- Appendix 7 Astronomical nomenclature
- Appendix 8 Catalogue of bright stars & interesting things
- Appendix 9 Catalogue of nearby stars
- Appendix 10 Messier Catalogue
- Index
Summary
Books
These are the volumes on my bookshelf that are dog-eared and worn. They are right beside my desk so I don't have to get up when I need one. This is by no means an exhaustive list but rather a set of references which I've found handy. You may find others which are perfectly good too. I have given the ISBN identification of books wherever possible. The reader should note that often these standard reference works are updated with later editions or are made available in soft cover. Such changes generally alter the ISBN but the contents remain essentially the same.
Allen's Astrophysical Quantities, C. W. Allen, The Athlone Press, 1973, ISBN 0 485 11150 0
Astronomy, Robert H. Baker, Van Nostrand Press, 1964
Astrophotography for the Amateur, Michael Covington, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 40984 5
Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham, Dover Publications, Inc. ISBNs for the clothbound series are: 0-486-24063-0, 0-486-24064-9 and 0-486-24065-7
The Cambridge Astronomy Guide, Bill Liller and Ben Mayer, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0 521 39915 7
The Cambridge Deep-Sky Album, Jack Newton and Phillip Teece, Cambridge University Press, 1983
Introduction to Asteroids, Clifford Cunningham, Willmann-Bell, Inc., 1988, ISBN 0 943396 16 6
The Sky: A User's Guide, David H. Levy, Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0 521 391121
One set of books stands out, however, and that is the Harvard Books on Astronomy.
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- Information
- The 20-cm Schmidt-Cassegrain TelescopeA Practical Observing Guide, pp. 214 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994