Observing the solar system : the modern astronomer's guide / Gerald North.

A practical primer for aspiring observers of the planets and other Solar System objects, written by an experienced amateur astronomer.

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Main Author: North, Gerald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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505 0 |a 1. Earth and sky -- 2. Moon and planet observer's hardware -- 3. The Solar System framed -- 4. Stacking up the Solar System -- 5. Our Moon -- 6. Mercury and Venus -- 7. Mars -- 8. Jupiter -- 9. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- 10. Small worlds -- 11. Comets -- 12. Our daytime star -- Appendix 1. Telescope collimation -- Appendix 2. Field-testing a telescope's optics -- Appendix 3. Polar alignment. 
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