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Small astronomical observatories : amateur and professional designs and constructions
- Title
- Small astronomical observatories : amateur and professional designs and constructions / Patrick Moore (ed.).
- Publication
- Berlin ; New York : Springer, 1996.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Moore, Patrick.
- Description
- ix, 229 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Practical astronomy
- Uniform Title
- Practical astronomy.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Introduction / Patrick Moore -- 1. A Practical Roll-off Roof Observatory in Michigan, USA / Dennis Allen -- 2. Mount Tuffley Observatory in Gloucester, England / John Fletcher -- 3. A Solar Observatory with a Slide Roof in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland / Bruce Hardie -- 4. The Edenvale Observatory in Edenvale, South Africa / M. D. Overbeek -- 5. A Roll-off Roof Observatory in New Boston, New Hampshire, USA / Lawrence D. Lopez and Linda Lopez -- 6. A Suburban Observatory in Worcester Park, England / Maurice Gavin -- 7. A Simple Rotating Observatory in Nottingham, England / Alan W. Heath -- 8. The Taunton School Radio Astronomy Observatory in Taunton, England / Trevor Hill -- 9. The Starlight CCD Observatory in Binfield, England / Terry Platt -- 10. The University of Hertfordshire Observatory in Bayfordbury, England / C. R. Kitchin -- 11. An Amateur Observatory with a Glass Fibre Dome / Ron Johnson --
- 12. A Glass Fibre Dome for a 260 mm, 1.9m Focal Length Reflecting Telescope / B. G. W. Manning -- 13. Chigwell School Observatory in Chigwell, England / A. J. Sizer -- 14. The Torquay Boys' Grammar School Observatory / David Reid and C. Lintott -- 15. Patrick Moore's Observatory in Selsey, England / Patrick Moore -- 16. A Deep-Sky Observatory / Jack Newton -- 17. Worth Hill Observatory / D. Strange -- 18. Red Hill Observatory / Chris Plicht -- 19. Powys County Observatory / Cheryl Power -- 20. A Large Run-off Shed Observatory for a 0.49m Newtonian / Martin Mobberley -- 21. Tenagra Observatory / Michael Schwartz -- 22. The Observatory at Birr Castle in Co. Offaly, Ireland / Patrick Moore -- 23. A Lancashire Observatory with a Glass Fibre Dome / David Ratledge -- 24. A Solar Observatory / Eric H. Strach -- 25. The Carter Observatory - One That Didn't Make It / John Watson.
- ISBN
- 3540199136 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96013224
- OCLC
- ocm34548561
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries