My heavens! : the adventures of a lonely stargazer building an over-the-top observatory /

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My Heavens charts the progress of the author??'s own substantial observatory (with additional material from amateur constructors of large observatories elsewhere) from conception, through design, planning and construction, to using an observatory of the kind that all amateur astronomers would a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Gordon, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer, ©2008.
Colección:Patrick Moore's practical astronomy series.
Temas:
Rogers, Gordon, > 1931-
Astronomical observatories > England > Long Crendon > Design and construction.
Astronomers > England > Long Crendon > Biography.
Astronomes > Angleterre > Long Crendon > Biographies.
NATURE > Sky Observation.
Astronomers > Long Crendon (England)
Astronomical observatories > Long Crendon (England) > Design and construction.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Astronomie.
Astronomers.
Astronomical observatories > Design and construction.
England > Long Crendon.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter; Why Astronomy?; Aperture Fever; What Type of Observatory?; Town and County Planning; Construction; Telescopic Equipment Update; The Opening Ceremony and "Sky at Night"; Cameras, Computers, and Software; Wrinkles Galore; Photographic Results; Stargate 4173 at Grimaldi Tower; The Spring Gulch Observatory, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Public Reaction; A Few Last Thoughts; Resources; Back Matter.

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