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Using the Meade ETX: 100 Objects You Can Really See with the Mighty ETX

By Mike Weasner (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
2002
ISBN
978-1-85233-351-5, 978-1-4471-0195-6
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0195-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7155425 bytes)
Series
Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series
Edition
1
Pages
210\215
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
AstronomyObservations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Astr

Description

In 1996 Meade, the world's largest astronomical telescope manufacturer, introduced the ETX, a low-cost and genuinely portable instrument capable of results close to the theoretical limits of optical performance. Since then several different models have been introduced, most of them controlled by on-board computers that automatically point the telescope at objects selected from a database of 12,000. Unfortunately not all these objects are visible when looking through the ETX! (They are included because they can be imaged with special equipment.) Mike Weasner is a world expert on the ETX range, and describes the "best" 100 objects to start with, and offers hints and tips about using and looking after the telescope to get the best possible results.

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