More Small Astronomical Observatories

✍ Scribed by Peter Paice (auth.), Patrick Moore (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 246
Series: Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A permanent building for any small astronomical telescope is a great asset. Comfort, ease of use and above all being able to spend time actually observing instead of setting up the telescope mean that most amateur astronomers dream of having a fixed site.

The second collection of- mostly amateur- observatories for small telescopes provides yet more ideas along with a wealth of practical information for anyone thinking of building an observatory.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Garage and Garden Observatory....Pages 1-17
A Portable Observatory....Pages 19-28
A User-Friendly Run-Off Shed for a 12-inch LX200....Pages 29-40
Darklight Observatory, Eddyville, Kentucky, USA....Pages 41-54
Turner Observatory....Pages 55-61
A Simple Rotating Observatory in Nottingham, England....Pages 63-67
St Margaret’s Observatory....Pages 69-80
Ken Dauzat Observatory....Pages 81-92
A Lancashire Observatory — Part II....Pages 93-105
Arcturus Observatory....Pages 107-120
Osmundstö Observatory: A Garage Observatory for CCD Imaging Located at the Shoreline of Southern Norway....Pages 121-151
Huntington Observatory, York....Pages 153-162
Ptolemy’s Café....Pages 163-174
The Construction of Starbase Two....Pages 175-187
A Domestic Solar Observatory....Pages 189-201
Coddenham Observatory in Suffolk, England....Pages 203-212
Building The Crendon Observatory....Pages 213-223
The Marina Towers Observatory, Swansea....Pages 225-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-248

✦ Subjects

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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