The Guide to Amateur Astronomy
The Guide to Amateur Astronomy
Philip Teece
Helen Sawyer Hogg
Out of Print
How do you choose your first telescope? Or build one from first principles? What can the deep sky offer you season-by-season? How do you get started in astrophotography? And progress to CCD imaging? The Guide to Amateur Astronomy answers the questions of the novice and the experienced amateur astronomer in one easy-to-use and comprehensive account. Throughout the emphasis is on practical methods to get you started and then develop your skills with lavish illustrations to show you just what is possible. This second edition of the highly successful Guide has been fully revised and updated. It now takes you from basic 'piggyback' astrophotography, through the use of a cold camera to state-of-the-art CCD imaging; from studies of the planets to the most distant objects in the Universe. From guidelines for the care and adjustment of your telescope through to lists of the spectral classification of stars, amateur astronomy societies and clubs, all the information you need for your voyage of discovery and revelation is provided in this self-contained, helpful guide.
- The perfect introduction to a hobby of revelation and discovery
- Includes details on how to observe planets, comet hunting, variable star recording and nova discovery
- CCD imaging techniques to take you to the outer reaches of the galaxy
- A complete and comprehensive survey of the whole of astronomy from amateur to advanced
Reviews & endorsements
'The book bubbles with enthusiasm; the authors have clearly enjoyed every hour they have spent at the telescope and their astronomical excitement is infectious.' David Hughes Nature
'If you are just starting off in amateur astronomy and want a book to fire your enthusiasm, this is the book!' Martin Mobberley Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Product details
March 1995Hardback
9780521444927
347 pages
255 × 196 × 29 mm
1.18kg
213 b/w illus. 74 colour illus. 22 tables
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1. First discoveries: the adventure begins
- 2. Solar system voyages
- 3. A deep sky guide
- 4. The night sky on film: Astrophotography
- 5. Amateur astronomy in the electronic age
- 6. The build-it-yourself astronomer
- Appendices: I. Sky nomenclature
- II. Time and timekeeping
- III. Your telescope's health: Care and adjustment
- IV. Star colours and spectral classes
- V. Societies, clubs and activities
- Epilogue
- Bibliography.
