The Vixen Star Book user guide : how to use the Star Book TEN and the original Star Book /
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Author / Creator: | Chen, James L., author. |
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Imprint: | Cham : Springer, [2016] |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Patrick Moore practical astronomy series Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11248541 |
Other authors / contributors: | Chen, Adam, 1983- author. |
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ISBN: | 9783319215938 3319215930 9783319215921 3319215922 |
Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF |
Notes: | English. Vendor-supplied metadata. |
Summary: | This book is for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning, a Vixen Star Book Ten telescope mount or its predecessor. A revolution in amateur astronomy has occurred in the past decade with the wide availability of high tech, computer-driven, Go-To telescopes. Vixen Optics is leading the way by offering the Star Book Ten system, with its unique star map graphics software. The Star Book Ten is the latest version of computer telescope control using star map graphics as a user interface, first introduced in the original Star Book first offered in 2003. The increasingly complicated nature of this software means that learning to optimize this program is not straightforward, and yet the resulting views when all features are correctly deployed can be phenomenal. After a short history of computerized Go-To telescopes for the consumer amateur astronomer market, Chen offers a treasury of technical information. His advice, tips, and solutions aid the user in getting the most out of the Star Book Ten system in observing sessions. |
Other form: | Print version: Chen, James L. Vixen Star Book user guide. Cham : Springer, [2016] 3319215922 9783319215921 |
Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-319-21593-8 |
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