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edited by J.M. Rodri??guez Espinosa, A. Herrero, F. Sa??nchez |
Instrumentation for large telescopes |
OB0739 |
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David Leverington |
Observatories and telescopes of modern times |
OB0708 |
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Book |
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Michael A. Covington |
How to use a computerized telescope |
OB0691 |
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Book |
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Francis Graham-Smith |
Eyes on the sky: A Spectrum of Telescope |
026182 |
2016 |
Book |
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Theo Koupelis |
In quest of the stars and galaxies |
024745 |
2011 |
Book |
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Neil English |
Classic telescopes: A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear |
024585 |
2013 |
Book |
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Michael W. Swanson |
NexStar user's guide |
024600 |
2004 |
Book |
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Wilco |
I discover my first library of knowledge Vol. 3: How things work |
E01666 |
2006 |
Book |
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Moore, Patrick |
Astronomy with a budget telescope |
018081 |
2003 |
Book |
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Michael A. Covington |
Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes: Volume 2:Practical Amateur Astronomy |
018018 |
2002 |
Book |
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| Title | Instrumentation for large telescopes : VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | edited by J.M. Rodri??guez Espinosa, A. Herrero, F. Sa??nchez |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | A new generation of large, ground-based telescopes are just coming into operation. They will take astronomical research well into the next century. These extremely powerful telescopes demand specially designed instruments and observing techniques. The VII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics gathered together leading experts from around the world to review this technology. Based on the meeting, this timely volume presents eight specially written chapters covering all aspects of telescope instrumentation. This book provides an essential reference for all astronomers who will be the users of these large telescopes. It reviews both the challenges involved in designing successful instrumentation and the questions in astronomy they must address. We are taken from the fundamentals of astronomical imaging, low- and high-resolution spectroscopy, and polarimetry up to the state-of-the-art technology in adaptive optics and laser guide stars, interferometry, image pattern recognition, and optical, near and mid infrared arrays. This timely volume provides an excellent introduction for graduate students and an invaluable reference for researchers using the latest generation of large astronomical telescopes |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. TELESCOPES
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| Title | Observatories and telescopes of modern times : ground-based optical and radio astronomy facilities since 1945 |
| Author(s) | David Leverington |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 490 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | This volume gives an historical overview of the development of professional optical and radio observatories from 1945 to today. It covers the environment in which these facilities were developed by organisations in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, often led by larger-than-life individuals, as well as exploring the financial and political factors that both constrained and encouraged progress. As ever more expensive optical facilities were built, they exploited new technologies to significantly improve their performance: CCDs, active and adaptive optics, and spun honeycomb and segmented mirrors. The second half of this volume turns to the parallel history of radio astronomy facilities throughout the world, finishing with the ALMA observatory in Chile. This is the ground-based companion to the author's previous work on space astronomy, New Cosmic Horizons (2001). It is written for both technical and non-technical readers interested in the modern history of astronomy and its observational facilities |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Dec 2016) |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
5. OBSERVATORIES
6. Radio astronomy observatories
7. Radio telescopes
8. TELESCOPES
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| Title | How to use a computerized telescope |
| Author(s) | Michael A. Covington |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Abstract Note | How to Use a Computerized Telescope is the first handbook that describes how to get your computerized telescope up and running, and how to embark on a program of observation. It explains in detail how the sky moves, how your telescope tracks it, and how to get the most out of any computerized telescope. Packed full of practical advice and tips for troubleshooting, it translates the manufacturers' technical jargon into easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, and includes many of the author's tried and tested observing techniques. Early chapters explain how to test your telescope's optics, choose eyepieces and accessories, and diagnose operational problems. The second half of the book then gives detailed instructions for three classic telescopes: the Meade LX200, Celestron NexStar 5 and 8, and Meade Autostar (ETX and LX90). Concentrating mainly on telescope operation and troubleshooting, it is the ideal companion to Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes, also by Michael Covington |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Computerized instruments
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. TELESCOPES
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| Title | Eyes on the sky: A Spectrum of Telescope |
| Author(s) | Francis Graham-Smith |
| Publication | Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xv, 235p. |
| Abstract Note | Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum from visible light to radio and millimetre astronomy, through infrared to ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays, has again transformed our understanding of the whole Universe.
In this book Francis Graham-Smith explains how this technology can be engaged to give us a more in-depth picture of the nature of the universe. Looking at both ground-based telescopes and telescopes on spacecraft, he analyses their major discoveries, from planets and pulsars to cosmology. Large research teams and massive data handling are necessary, but the excitement of discovery is increasingly shared by a growing public, who can even join in some of the analysis by remote computer techniques. Observational astronomy has become international. All major projects are now partnerships; most notably the Square Kilometre Array, which will involve astronomers from over 100 countries and will physically exist in several of them. Covering the history and development of telescopes from Galileo to the present day, Eyes on the Sky traces what happens when humankind looks up. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780198734277 : UKP 25.00(HB) |
| Classification | 520.2
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| Keyword(s) | 1. LARGE TELESCOPE
2. POPULAR SCIENCE
3. REFLECTING TELESCOPES
4. TELESCOPES
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| Title | Classic telescopes: A Guide to Collecting, Restoring, and Using Telescopes of Yesteryear |
| Author(s) | Neil English |
| Publication | New York, Springer, 2013. |
| Description | xv, 239p. |
| Series | (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) |
| Abstract Note | Classic Telescopes explores the exciting world of telescopes past, as well as the possibilities involved in acquiring these instruments. What are classic telescopes? First, the book takes a look at the more traditional telescopes built by the great instrument makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the dynastic houses founded by the likes of John Dollond, Alvan Clark, Thomas Cooke & Sons and Carl Zeiss, plus some lesser-known luminaries, including John Brashear, John Calver, and Henry Fitz. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461444237 : Euro 39.95(PB) |
| Classification | 520.2
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ACHROMATIC REFRACTORS
2. AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
3. CATADIOPRIC TELESCOPE
4. TELESCOPES
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| 024585 |
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520.2/ENG/024585 |
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| Title | NexStar user's guide |
| Author(s) | Michael W. Swanson |
| Publication | London, Springer-Verlag, 2004. |
| Description | xviii, 296p. |
| Series | (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) |
| Abstract Note | Celestronâs NexStar telescopes were introduced in 1999, beginning with their first computer controlled "go toâ model, a 5-inch. More models appeared in quick succession, and Celestronâs new range made it one of the two dominant manufacturers of affordable "go toâ telescopes. Michael Swansonâs online discussions with literally thousands of NexStar owners made it clear that there was a desperate need for a book such as this - one that provides a complete, detailed guide to buying, using and maintaining NexStar telescopes. Although this book is highly comprehensive, it is suitable for beginners - there is a chapter on "Astronomy Basicsâ - and experts alike. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781852337148 : Euro 24.95(PB) |
| Classification | 520.22
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| Keyword(s) | 1. AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
2. GoTo TELESCOPES
3. OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES - ASTRONOMY
4. TELESCOPES
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| 024600 |
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520.22/SWA/024600 |
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| Title | Celestial Objects for Modern Telescopes: Volume 2:Practical Amateur Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Michael A. Covington |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
| Description | 268p. |
| Abstract Note | Based on field notes made by the author during his own career as an amateur astronomer, this unique guide covers both the traditional and novel approaches to studying the night sky. In addition to the more standard techniques, it discusses the latest modern resources available to today's astronomer, such as personal computers, the Internet, and computerized telescopes. It includes practical advice on aspects such as site selection and weather; provides the reader with detailed instructions for observing the Sun, Moon, planets, and all types of deep-sky objects; and it introduces newer specialities such as satellite observing and the use of astronomical databases. The book concludes with detailed information about 200 stars, clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, suitable for viewing with modest-sized telescopes under suburban conditions. Written to complement How to Use a Computerized Telescope, this book will also appeal to astronomers with more traditional equipment. |
| ISBN,Price | 0-521-52419-9 : Rs. 1100.00(EB) |
| Classification | 520.2
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| Keyword(s) | 1. AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
2. CELESTIAL OBJECTS-TELESCOPE
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
5. PRACTICAL AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
6. TELESCOPES
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