Observing the Sun with Coronado™ Telescopes

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pugh, Philip (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Σειρά: Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series,
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Biomedical engineering.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Biomedical Engineering.

At around the turn of the millennium, the introduction of the Coronado range of solar telescopes and filters heralded the ‘coming of age’ of amateur solar astronomy. Before then, solar astronomy was mostly white-light only. Hydrogen-alpha systems were expensive and difficult to use, but today even t...