The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes: Pierre Bely

Springer | ISBN: 0387955127 | 2003-01-14 | PDF (OCR) | 536 pages | 5.33 Mb

This book assembles for the first time in a single text the full range of astronomical and engineering principles used in the design and construction of…

James Barter, "Telescopes"

Lucent Books | 2004-10-29 | ISBN: 1590185684 | 112 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB

Ancient Greek and Egyptian scientists dreamed of viewing Earth's distant cousins scattered throughout the solar system but it was not until the early seventeenth century that telescopes made such dreams a reality. Simple telescopes…

Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes

Publisher: Springer | Pages: 232 | 2008-06-24 | ISBN 0387787925 | PDF | 5 MB

The book shows, step by step, the design, implementation, and testing of the antenna/telescope control system, from the design stage (analytical model) to fine tuning of the RF beam pointing…

M. Barlow Pepin, "Care of Astronomical Telescopes and Accessories"

Springer | 2004-11-05 | ISBN: 185233715X | 252 pages | PDF | 10,9 MB

Commercially-made astronomical telescopes are better and less expensive than ever before, and their optical and mechanical performance can be superb. When a good-quality telescope fails to perform as well…

Observing the Sun with Coronado Telescopes (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) by Philip Pugh

Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 7, 2007) | 326 pages | ISBN: 0387681264 | PDF | 20 MB

The Sun provides amateur astronomers with one of the few opportunities for daytime astronomy.

In order to see the major features…

Business Ratios and Formulas

Springer | 2005-10-17 | ISBN: 0387263225 | 222 pages | PDF | 5,5 MB

Towards the second half of this decade several major telescope facilities operating in the infrared submillimeter and millimeter wave bands will become operational. These missions are expected to throw much light on our understanding…

The Lucent Library of Science and Technology - Telescopes

Board book: 112 pages || Publisher: Lucent Books; 1 edition (October 29, 2004) || Language: English

ISBN-10: 1590185684 || ISBN-13: 978-1590185681

Book Description

Ancient Greek and Egyptian scientists dreamed of viewing Earth's distant cousins scattered throughout the solar system but it was not…

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes

Ernest H. Cherrington, "Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes"

Dover Publications | ISBN: 0486244911 | New edition (April 1, 1984) | PDF | 240 pages | 40.9 MB

“Informative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section…

Michael K. Gainer, "Real Astronomy with Small Telescopes: Step-by-Step Activities for Discovery"

(Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

Springer | ISBN / ASIN: 1846284783 | 2006 | 224 pages | PDF | 3.4MB

This book is about using an 80mm refractor / 90mm Maksutov (such as a Helios 80 or Meade ETX90) as more…