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Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction

Moore, P.
Arditti, David

Paperback

Series: Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy

Astronomy & SpacePhysics

Publisher Price: $59.99

ISBN10: 0387345213
ISBN13: 9780387345215
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 17 2007
Pages: 235
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

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 Moore's More Small Astronomical Observatories which is a compendium of ideas for different observatory designs. This book covers the details of design, siting and construction once a basic type has been decided upon. It is written in a way that is equally applicable to the USA and UK (where there are slightly different building regulations). Uniquely, David Arditti also considers the aesthetics of amateur observatories - fitting them in with family and neighbors, and maybe disguising them as more common garden buildings if necessary. Every amateur astronomer who wants a purpose-built observatory (and that is most of them!) will find this book absolutely invaluable both during the planning and the construction stages.

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