Small Astronomical Observatories
Amateur and Professional Designs and Constructions
1st Edition
Published on 16. August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 229 pages
978-3-540-19913-7 (ISBN)
Description
Anyone - from lone amateurs to university departments - who is thinking about erecting a small observatory will find a wealth of innovative and cost-saving ideas here. And the trials and tribulations of the builders make interesting, and sometimes amusing, reading.
Reviews / Votes
"This is not book for the light-hearted, the weray or the poor man, but most certainly for the dreamer ! The reviewer greatly enjoyed the book and is sure that many others will do the same." Irish Astronomical JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
367 s/w Abbildungen
IX, 229 p. 367 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-19913-7 (9783540199137)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0999-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€106.99
Available for download
Content
1 A Practical Roll-off Roof Observatory in Michigan, USA.- 2 Mount Tuffley Observatory in Gloucester, England.- 3 A Solar Observatory with a Slide Roof in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland.- 4 The Edenvale Observatory in Edenvale, South Africa.- 5 A Roll-off Roof Observatory in New Boston, New Hampshire, USA.- 6 A Suburban Observatory in Worcester Park, England.- 7 A Simple Rotating Observatory in Nottingham, England.- 8 The Taunton School Radio Astronomy Observatory in Taunton, England.- 9 The Starlight CCD Observatory in Binfield, England.- 10 The University of Hertfordshire Observatory in Bayfordbury, England.- 11 An Amateur Observatory with a Glass Fibre Dome.- 12 A Glass Fibre Dome for a 260mm, 1.9m Focal Length Reflecting Telescope.- 13 Chigwell School Observatory in Chigwell, England.- 14 The Torquay Boys' Grammar School Observatory.- 15 Patrick Moore's Observatory in Selsey, England.- 16 A Deep-Sky Observatory.- 17 Worth Hill Observatory.- 18 Red Hill Observatory.- 19 Powys County Observatory.- 20 A Large Run-off Shed Observatory for a 0.49m Newtonian.- 21 Tenagra Observatory.- 22 The Observatory at Birr Castle in Co. Offaly, Ireland.- 23 A Lancashire Observatory with a Glass Fibre Dome.- 24 A Solar Observatory.- 25 The Carter Observatory - One That Didn't Make It.- Contributors.