My Heavens The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer Building an Over-the-Top Observatory /

• Main Author: Rogers, Gordon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Perhaps you are already a stargazer using a small telescope you bring out to your back yard on clear nights. Perhaps you have a larger telescope that is mounted outside and protected from inclement weather. Perhaps you just dream of someday owning a fancy telescope set-up and turning it skyward to v...

Table of Contents:

• 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.