附註:Includes bibliographical references (page 261) and index.
Foreword -- Purpose and Fundamentals -- Practical Applications and Viewing Aids -- Techniques for Seeing -- Introduction to Drawings and Real Time Video -- The Moon The Planets Deep Space -- Visual Impressions and Expectations: The Primary Catalog -- Second viewing Catalog -- Supplementary Catalog for the Southern Hemisphere -- Postscript -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
摘要:Most amateur astronomers, because they live in or near cities, have to carry out their observing from relatively light-polluted sites. It is possible to reduce the effects of a poor location by the use of CCD imaging, but many observers prefer to look at astronomical objects rather than photograph them. Skill, observing techniques, and modern technology - such as image intensifiers - can now be used to astonishing effect to observe the night sky in real-time. Illustrating the book with images and some of his own superb drawings, Antony Cooke explains how to observe some of the most spectacular objects from less than perfect observing sites.
