Choosing and using a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope : a guide to commervial SCTs and Maksutovs /
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Author / Creator: | Mollise, Rod, 1953- |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Springer, 2001. |
Description: | vii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series, 1431-9756 Practical astronomy. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4464683 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Why a CAT?
- 2. What's a CAT?
- 3. Inside a CAT
- 4. Which CAT?
- 5. The SCT Out-of-Box Experience: Initial Telescope Assembly and Checkout
- 6. Accessories for your CAT
- 7. From That Very First Night: Field Set-up, Checkout and Observing
- 8. Care and Feeding of a CAT: Alignment, Testing, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 9. Keeping your CAT Happy: Hints, Tips and Projects
- 10. The Advanced CAT: Imaging and Computers
- 11. Afterword: 25 Years with a CAT - How to Keep Going.