Amateur Astronomer's HandbookCourier Corporation, 1980 M01 1 - 572 pages Timeless, comprehensive coverage of telescopes, mirrors, lenses, mountings, telescope drives, micrometers, spectroscopes, more. 189 illustrations. Reprint of 1971 edition. |
Contents
TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS | 13 |
LIGHT GRASP | 28 |
Resolution | 37 |
3 | 43 |
7 | 50 |
4 | 56 |
1 | 65 |
6 | 79 |
SECTION PAGE | 222 |
87 | 226 |
TELESCOPE Drives | 261 |
SETTING AN EQUATORIAL HEAD | 273 |
SECTION PAGE | 281 |
OBSERVING HUTS AND SITES | 287 |
MICROMeters | 297 |
SPECTROSCOPES | 320 |
SECTION PAGE | 97 |
OPTICAL MATERIALS | 104 |
65 | 111 |
METALONGLASS FILMS | 114 |
SECTION PAGE | 132 |
COMPOUND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS | 153 |
SECTION PAGE | 172 |
THE MOUnting of the OPTICAL PARTS | 185 |
73 | 186 |
79 | 196 |
DEWINGUP AND TUBE CURRENTS | 197 |
NEWTONIAN AND CASSEGRAIN ADJUSTMENTS | 203 |
TESTING | 209 |
85 | 217 |
SECTION PAGE | 346 |
ACCESSORY INSTRUMents and EQUIPMENT | 400 |
SECTION PAGE | 401 |
CHOICE OF INSTRUMENT | 418 |
SECTION PAGE | 445 |
DIAPHRAGMS AND FILTERS | 471 |
8 | 477 |
Fundamental Spherical and Dynamical Astronomy | 530 |
Telescope Mountings including Drives | 536 |
Vision | 542 |
Star CataloguesPositional | 549 |
Nebulae and ClustersCatalogues | 555 |
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Common terms and phrases
achromatic adjustment amateur angle angular aperture astigmatism astronomical atmospheric azimuth Barlow lens brightness camera Cassegrain cell centre chromatic aberration clock coelostat collimating lens collimator colour coma correction crown curvature Dec axis diameter diaphragm diffraction distance drawtube drive effect emulsion equation equatorial error exit pupil exposure eyepiece field Figure film filter flat flint focal length focal plane focal ratio focus Hence hour circle illumination increased instrument lenses light grasp light loss linear magnification magnitude means measured meridian method micrometer minimum mirror mounted Newtonian normal object glass observing position ocular optical axis parallel pencil photographic photometer planetary plate polar axis polarising prism rays reduced reflection reflector refraction refractive index refractor relative aperture retina rings rotation scale screw secondary sensitive silver slit solar spectroscope spectrum speculum spherical aberration spurious disc star stellar image surface telescope temperature thickness tion transmission tube visible visual wavelength