Small Astronomical Observatories Amateur and Professional Designs an
In Small Astronomical Observatories, Patrick Moore has collected descriptions of amateur and small professional observatories currently in use in Europe and America, showing how many astronomers have built their own observatory, often with effective and s
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The cover shows the glass-fibre-domed observatory built by Brian Manning (Chapter 12)
ISBN-13:978-3-540-19913-7 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Small astronomical observatories: amateur and professional designs and constructions. - (Practical astronomy) l.Astronomical observatories 2.Astronomical observatories Design and construction I.Moore, Patrick, 1923522.1 ISBN-13:978-3-540-19913-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Small astronomical observatories: amateur and professional designs and constructions 1 Patrick Moore (ed.) p. cm. - (Practical astronomy) ISBN-13:978-3-540-19913-7 e-ISBN-13:978-1-4471-0999-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0999-0
1. -Astronomical observatories-Design and construction-Amateurs' manuals. 2. Astronomical observatories-Great Britain-Amateurs' manuals. I. Moore, Patrick. II. Series. QB82.G7S63 1996 96-13224 522'.I-dc20 CIP
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Contents
Introduction Patrick Moore ......... . ... ...... . ..... ix A Practical Roll-off Roof Observatory in Michigan, USA Dennis Allen .. ... .. . . . .. .. . ........ . 1
2 Mount Tuffley Observatory in Gloucester, England John Fletcher . . ....... ............. 13 3 A Solar Observatory with a Slide Roof in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland Bruce Hardie .. .... .. .. .. . ... . ..... 23 4 The Edenvale Observatory in Edenvale, South Africa M.D. Overbeek ... .. .. ... .. . . .. ..... 29 5 A Roll-off Roof Observatory in New Boston, New Hampshire, USA Lawrence D. and Linda Lopez .... . ..... 37 6 A Suburban Observatory in Worcester Park, England Maurice Gavin ... .. . ...... . . . . ..
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7 A Simple Rotating Observatory in Nottingham, England Alan W. Heath ... . .......... ....... 59 8
The Taunton School Radio Astronomy Observatory in Taunton,
