Choosing and using a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope : a guide to commervial SCTs and Maksutovs /

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Author / Creator:Mollise, Rod, 1953-
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
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ISBN:1852336315 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes index.
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.