The ShortTube 80 Telescope A User's Guide /

• Main Author: English, Neil T. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Welcome to the first comprehensive guide to one of the world's most popular telescopes: the ShortTube 80 refractor. With its ultra-portability, versatility, and relatively low cost, this telescope continues to delight generations of stargazers. Starting in the field under a dark sky, the author...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1 Under a Dark Sky
• Chapter 2 The Anatomy of a ShortTube 80
• Chapter 3 Mounting the ShortTube 80
• Chapter 4 Exploring the Deep Sky
• Chapter 5 Improving the High-Power Performance of the ShortTube 80
• Chapter 6 Watching the Sun
• Chapter 7 Exploring the Moon and the Planets
• Chapter 8 Realm of the Double Stars
• Chapter 9 A Computerized ShortTube 80; The ETX 80
• Chapter 10 Imaging with the ShortTube 80
• Chapter 11 Souping Up the ShortTube 80
• Chapter 12 Founding Days
• Chapter 13 The Little 'Scope that Could
• Index.