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More Small Astronomical Observatories | 
| Creator: Patrick Moore
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 709386
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 241
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1852335726
Dewey Decimal Number: 522.1
EAN: 9781852335724
ASIN: 1852335726
Publication Date: August 15, 2002
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Product Description
Almost every serious amateur astronomer knows the benefit of having a fixed observatory of some sort - it saves a vast amount of time and effort during every observing session - and this book provides the necessary help. More Small Astronomical Observatories details the methods and techniques employed by non-professional astronomers from all over the world, providing a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to build a small observatory of almost any kind. It's a fun read, too.
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 more small astronnomical observatories July 9, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It a good book but it is out to date ,it is a good think who some one make a new book for this subject astronomical observatories amateur...
 A Wealth of Ideas! May 27, 2006
Sir Patrick Moore adds another wonderful book to his many! Anyone sincerely interested in configuring and erecting a custom observatory would find this invaluable. The initial offering is now out of print, but the editors and Sir Moore have kindly included a CD rendition of it.
Good for giving ideas March 6, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is not a step-by-step guide. Moore never says it would be. It allows you to see what others have built and get ideas for your own observatory - what is a better/different way to do what I want. An added bonus is that his first book (Small Astronomical Observatories) is included as a CD in the back (I had been looking for it for a while with no luck).
Most observatories are going to be of simple construction. If you can drive a nail and cut a piece of wood, you are well on your way. A bit of cement work and you are 99% there. I used information from 4 units to design my own. Yes, some of the designs are on the internet and he gives web addresses where they exists.
It meets my needs for information and I would not hesitate to suggest this book to anyone thinking about building a small observatory.
 more small astronomical observatories August 31, 2002
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is as if you had a... tour through a garden of private observatories. There is very little technical content to be gleamed if you were wanting to make your own observatory and how to control it. Most of the material that is there, can be easily found in minutes on the internet. If I could give a lower rating I would. It was a waste of my money
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