Dana Berry
Dana Berry is a space illustrator who has worked at NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory. His work has been widely featured by National Geographic, Discovery Television, and the BBC. [... more]
Harper Collins |
How to Use a Computerized Telescope: Practical Amateur ...
 What you need to know to use a "Go To" telescope: Covington's "Astrophotography for the Amateur" is one of the two must reads for beginning to intermiediate astrophotographers. "How to Use a Computerized Telescope" fits in [... more]
CDN$43.95
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Rebecca Rupp
REBECCA RUPP has a Ph.D. in cell biology, has written for many professional journals and national magazines, and has published several books. She lives in Vermont with her husband and three sons, with whom she shares a tractor, a telescope, and a ... [... more]
Random House |
Drake Stillman
Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, ... [... more]
Random House |
Fritz Weaver
Galileo Galilei was the foremost scientist of his day. Though he never left Italy, his inventions and discoveries were heralded around the world. His telescopes allowed him to reveal the heavens and enforce the astounding argument that the earth ... [... more]
Random House |
Richard Berry
Richard Berry is the author of Build Your Own Telescope. He lives in Cedar Grove, Wisconsin. For everyone who has looked up at the stars on a clear night and longed to know more about them, here is the perfect introduction and guide to ... [... more]
Random House |
Robert Smith
In the spirit of National Geographic's top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 ... [... more]
Random House |
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo
Directing his polemics against the pedantry of his time, Galileo, as his own popularizer, addressed his writings to contemporary laymen. His support of Copernican cosmology, against the Church's strong opposition, his development of a telescope, ... [... more]
Random House |
Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
Author: Fred Watson Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 900 EAN: 9780306814839 ISBN: 0306814838 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: 2006-06-12 [... more]
CDN$21.50
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Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes: A Manual for ...
Author: Harold Richard Suiter Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 522.20287 EAN: 9780943396446 ISBN: 0943396441 MPN: 0943396441 Number Of Pages: 364 Product Type Subcategory: other-camera-accessories Publication Date: 1994-12 [... more]
CDN$30.05
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Telescope Optics: Evaluation and Design
Manual is more comprehensive than accessible: There was a time once when amateur astronomers had exposure to only a few different kinds of telescopes--mostly simple achromatic refractors, which comprise just two lenses cemented together (plus an eyepiece) [... more]
CDN$25.03
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How To Use An Astronomical Telescope
Plenty of information for the money.: The subtitle "A Beginner's Guide to Observing the Cosmos" could have omitted the word "beginner's." This book packs a lot of information for the experienced amateur. The text goes much deeper than [... more]
CDN$22.99
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