Grab 'n' Go Astronomy

• Main Author: English, Neil (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

  Like everyone else, most amateur astronomers live busy lives. After a long day, the last thing you want as an observer is to have to lug out a large telescope and spend an hour getting it ready before it can be used. Maybe you are going somewhere sure to have dark skies, but you don’t necessarily...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Grab ‘n’ Go Equipment
• Grab ‘n’ Go Refractors
• Grab ‘n’ Go Dobsonians
• Grab ‘n’ Go Catadioptrics
• The Binocular Universe
• Grab ‘n’ Go Mounts
• Ancillary Equipment for Small Telescopes
• Part II: Grab ‘n’ Go Observing
• Sol Invictus
• Lunar and Planetary Observing
• Double Star Observing
• Observing Open and Globular Clusters
• Realm of the Nebulae
• Variable Star Observing
• Observing Galaxies.