The book

Contents

  1. Introduction7
  2. Tracking the Sky13
  3. Telescope Mount23
  4. Telescope Optical Tube27
  5. Observing Objectives39
  6. Astrophotography Camera41
  7. Precise Star Tracking — Guiders61
  8. Focusing and Collimation65
  9. Digital Processing of Images71
  10. Planetary Image Processing92
  11. Observatory Hardware102
  12. Observatory Software117
  13. Messier Objects126
  14. Moon244
  15. About the Author256