Care of Astronomical Telescopes and Accessories A Manual for the Ast
Commercially-made astronomical telescopes are better and less expensive than ever before, and their optical and mechanical performance can be superb. When a good-quality telescope fails to perform as well as it might, the reason is quite probably that it
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Care of Astronomical Telescopes and Accessories A Manual for the Astronomical Observer and Amateur Telescope Maker M. Barlow Pepin
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All illustrations in this book are by the author, unless otherwise noted. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Pepin, M. Barlow Care of astronomical telescopes and accessories : a manual for the astronomical observer and amateur telescope maker. (Patrick Moore’s practical astronomy series) 1. Telescopes–Maintenance and repair I. Title 522.2′0288 ISBN 185233715X Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pepin, M. Barlow. Care of astronomical telescopes and accessories : a manual for the astronomical observer and amateur telescope maker / M. Barlow Pepin. p. cm. — (Patrick Moore’s practical astronomy series, ISSN 1617-7185) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-85233-715-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Telescopes–Amateur’s manuals. I. Title. II. Series. QB88.P46 2004 522.2–dc22
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