Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction

by Patrick Moore and David Arditti

Book Overview

This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author's practical experience and that of many other experienced amateur astronomers. It is an ideal complement to Patrick Moore's More Small Astronomical Observatories which is a compendium of ideas for different observatory designs. This book covers the details of design, siting and construction once a basic type has been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387345213
• ISBN13: 9780387345215
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"