Telescopes and Astrophotography
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Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae
by Gale E Christianson  Book News Annotation A biography of Hubble (1889-1953), who confirmed the existence of other galaxies besides our own, provided the first reliable evidence that the universe is pretty much the same in all directions from here, and demonstrated that the universe is...
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Welcome to the Moon! (Astronomy)
by Robert Bruce Kelsey Publisher Comments Offers twelve expeditions to exciting lunar features that you can see with a telescope from your backyard....
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Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories
by Phillip Harrington Publisher Comments P...
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The Telescope: Its History, Technology, and Future
by Geoff Andersen Publisher Comments In the four centuries since its invention, the telescope has transformed how humans view the universe and their place in it. But what do most of us know about telescopes themselves; their history, how they work, what they are being used for today, or...
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Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology
by W. Patrick Mccray Publisher Comments politics behind finding our place in the universe....
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Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror
by Eileen Reeves Publisher Comments The Dutch telescope and the Italian scientist Galileo have long enjoyed a durable connection in the popular mind, so much so that it seems this simple glass instrument transformed a rather modest middle-aged scholar into the bold icon of the Copernican...
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Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
by Fred Watson Publisher Comments The telescope is undoubtedly one of the world?s most far-reaching inventions. For the past four centuries the telescope has stood at the forefront of human discovery. From its humble beginnings in seventeenth-century Holland, when a simple spectacle...
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Seeing and Believing: How the Telescope Opened Our Eyes and Minds to the Heavens
by Richard Panek Publisher Comments Follow history of the engaging and often amusing account of the telescope and its significant role in revising humanity's perception of the universe, helping fuse elements of philosophy, politics, literature, and religion....
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Hubble:
by Martin Kornmesser Publisher Comments Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery forms a key element of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As an observatory in space, Hubble is one of the most successful...
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How to Use an Astronomical Telescope
by James Muirden Publisher Comments For the beginning astronomer here is a comprehensive book covering everything from the difficult task of selecting an instrument to the equally daunting choices that arise when a telescope is turned to the heavens....
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Astrophotography for the Amateur 2ND Edition
by Michael A Covington Publisher Comments A much expanded and fully updated edition of the best-selling, standard handbook on astrophotography for amateurs....
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Galileo's Instruments of Credit: Telescopes, Images, Secrecy
by Mario Biagioli Publisher Comments In six short years, Galileo Galilei went from being a somewhat obscure mathematics professor running a student boarding house in Padua to a star in the court of Florence to the recipient of dangerous attention from the Inquisition for his support of...
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Acre of Glass a History & Forecast
by Jack B Zirker Publisher Comments "Provides an accessible yet detailed story of how telescopes are made, the science behind their function, and their promise for future astronomical discoveries." -- Science...
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Origins: Our Place in Hubble's Universe
by John Gribbin Publisher Comments Origins: Our Place in Hubble's Universe presents in stunning photographs events that previous generations of astronomers could only picture in their mind's eye - and which non-astronomers could not even imagine. In the 1990s new technology was applied to...
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Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy)
by David Arditti Publisher Comments This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author's practical experience and that of many other experienced amateur astronomers. It is an ideal complement to Patrick...
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Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
by Fred Watson Publisher Comments The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of the most colorful figures of the scientific world- Galileo, Johann Kepler, Isaac Newton, William Herschel, George Ellery Hale, and Edwin Hubble.Stargazer...
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A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy)
by James Mullaney Synopsis Both beginning/novice amateur astronomers (at the level of Astronomy and Night Sky magazine readers), as well as more advanced amateur astronomers (level of Sky & Telescope) will find this book invaluable and fascinating. Amateur astronomers are always...
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A manual of advanced celestial photography
by Brad D Wallis Publisher Comments The new improvements in telescopic equipment make it possible for amateur telescopes to equal the photographic performance of many professional telescopes. A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography forms a unique technical handbook for amateur...
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Astrophotography with the Schmidt
by S Marx Publisher Comments The objective of this book is to present a photograph collection of astronomical objects taken with large Schmidt telescopes. It incorporates material from not only the telescope at the Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatory at Tautenberg, but also the...
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Splendors of the Universe
by Terence Dickinson Publisher Comments Catch a Falling Star--With a Camera Majestic clouds of cosmic gas floating in constellations ... the elegant swirl of a remote spiral galaxy ... the Milky Way's ethereal glow on a cool summer night. All of these scenes can be yours. Equipped with modern...
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