Choosing and using a refracting telescope
Choosing and Using a Refracting Telescope has been written for the many amateur astronomers who already own, or are intending to purchase, a refracting telescope -- perhaps to complement their existing arsenal of larger reflecting telescopes -- or for the specialist who requires a particular refractor for serious astronomical applications or nature studies. Four hundred year ago, during the winter of 1609, a relatively unknown Italian scientist, Galileo Galilei designed a spyglass with two crude lenses and turned it skyward. Since then, refractors have retained their dominance over all types of
eBook, English, ©2011
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York, ©2011
Handbook
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations (some color)
9781441964038, 1441964037
670069847
pt. 1. The achromatic refractor
pt. 2. The apochromatic refractor
pt. 3. Using your refractor
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