: Neale Monks
: Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies Making the Most of a Computer-Controlled Telescope
: Springer-Verlag
: 9781441968517
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: Astronomie
: English
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Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies is the first book specifically written for amateur astronomers who own, or who are about to purchase, a computer-controlled 'go-to' telescope. The advantage of the 'go-to' capability is enormous - the telescope can be aimed at any object in the sky with great speed and accuracy - which is why these instruments are so popular. Making the realistic assumption that the observer is using a relatively small telescope and is observing from a backyard in a suburban area, this book provides literally hundreds more targets beyond those offered by the built-in 'nightly tours' that feature on the telescope's computer tours. And instead of wasting many pages on maps and coordinates, it leads the computer to locate the targets, and so has room to suggest many more fascinating deep-sky objects and provide detailed observing lists and information about what's being viewed.

Neale Monks is a scientist, writer, and teacher, and the author of another book in the Practical Astronomy Series, Astronomy with a Home Computer. After completing his zoology degree at Aberdeen University he worked briefly as a marine zoologist before moving to London, where he earned his Ph.D. while working at the Natural History Museum. He then spent a few years as a post-doctoral researcher studying the effects of astronomical events on sea level and mass extinctions before leaving research to spend more time teaching and writing. Since 2002 he has taught a history of science class for Pepperdine University as well as various science classes for the WEA. At different times he's lived in England, Scotland, and the Midwestern United States.
Preface4
Contents7
About the Author19
1 Introduction20
How to Use This Book20
Why NGC and SAO Numbers?21
Observing from the Suburbs and Exurbs22
Light Pollution Filters24
Broadband Filters24
Narrowband Filters25
Line Filters26
Using Light Pollution Filters27
Reducer-Correctors27
Dark Adaptation29
Getting the Most from a Go-To Telescope29
2 Winter33
Showpiece Objects34
NGC 224 (M31, Andromeda Galaxy)34
NGC 1502 (Kemble--s Cascade Cluster) -- See Also SAO 1296936
NGC 1535 (Cleopatra's Eye)37
NGC 1976 and 1982 (Orion Nebula)37
NGC 2168 (M35) and NGC 215839
NGC 2287 (M41)41
NGC 2392 (Eskimo or Clown Face Nebula)41
NGC 2422 (M47), NGC 2437 (M46), and NGC 243842
NGC 243744
NGC 245144
NGC 2632 (M44, Praesepe, Beehive Cluster)45
NGC 320146
Interesting Deep Sky Objects47
NGC 205 (M110)47
NGC 221 (M32)47
NGC 75247
NGC 129148
NGC 1501 (Blue Oyster Nebula)48
NGC 1662 (Klingon Battlecruiser Cluster)49
NGC 1973, 1975 and 1977 (Running Man Nebula)49
NGC 2169 (The 37 Cluster)50
NGC 2237-9, 2244 and 2246 (Rosette Nebula)51
NGC 2264 (Cone Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster)52
NGC 2323 (M50)52
NGC 235353
NGC 236053
NGC 244053
NGC 2447 (M93, Butterfly Cluster)54
NGC 247755
NGC 252755
NGC 253955
NGC 2548 (M48)55
NGC 2682 (M67)56
NGC 3132 (Southern Ring Nebula)56
NGC 3242 (Ghost of Jupiter Nebula)57
NGC 322858
NGC 4590 (M68)58
NGC 7662 (Blue Snowball Nebula)59
NGC 768660
Obscure and Challenging Deep Sky Objects60
NGC 404 (Mirach's Ghost)60
NGC 89160
NGC 123261
NGC 178861
NGC 185162
NGC 1904 (M79)62
NGC 198163
NGC 202263
NGC 2024 (Flame Nebula)64
NGC 219464
NGC 223264
NGC 225165
NGC 2261 (Hubble's Variable Nebula)65
NGC 230166
NGC 2343 (Seagull Nebula)66
NGC 2359 (Thor's Helmet)66
NGC 236267
NGC 2371 and 237267
NGC 240368
NGC 2419 (Intergalactic Tramp)68
NGC 250669
NGC 254769
NGC 257169
NGC 265570
NGC 300370
NGC 3293 (Little Jewel Box Cluster)71
NGC 334471
NGC 343271
NGC 362171
NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)72
NGC 5139 (Omega Centauri)72
NGC 5236 (M83, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy)73
Colorful and Curious Stars73
SAO 12969 (Kemble--s Cascade) -- See also NGC 150273
SAO 23906 (Stock 23)74
SAO 25939 (12 Lyncis)74
SAO 26051 (15 Lyncis)76
SAO 26312 (19 Lyncis)76
SAO 55347 (Iota Trianguli)76
SAO 60198 (Alpha Geminorum, Castor)76
SAO 61391 (38 Lyncis)76
SAO 75020 (Struve 183)77
SAO 80416 (Iota Cancri)77
SAO 96265 (38 Geminorum)77
SAO 112740 (Gamma Orionis, Bellatrix)77
SAO 112921 (Lambda Orionis, Meissa)77
SAO 113271 (Alpha Orionis, Betelgeuse)77
SAO 114146 (Plaskett's Star)78
SAO 114258 (15 Monocerotis, S Monocerotis)79
SAO 117112 (Epsilon Hydrae)79
SAO 131063 (Omicron-2 Eridani, 40 Eridani)79
SAO 131907 (Beta Orionis, Rigel)80
SAO 132314 (The Trapezium)80
SAO 132406 (Sigma Orionis)81
SAO 133317 (Beta Monocerotis)82
SAO 150058 (R Leporis, Hind's Crimson Star)82
SAO 150239 (Kappa Leporis)83
SAO 151881 (Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris)83
SAO 156110 (U Hydrae)83
SAO 172676 (Epsilon Canis Majoris, Adhara)84
SAO 198752 (Zeta Puppis)84
3 Spring85
Showpiece Objects86
NGC 3587 (M97, Owl Nebula)86
NGC 5194 (M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy)87
NGC 5272 (M3)88
NGC 5904 (M5)89
NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula)89
NGC 6611 (M16, Eagle Nebula)90
Interesting Deep Sky Objects91
NGC 2841 (Tiger's Eye Galaxy)91
NGC 290392
NGC 3031 (M81, Bode's Galaxy)92
NGC 3034 (M82, Cigar Galaxy)92
NGC 3115 (Sextans Spindle Galaxy)93
NGC 3351 (M95)93
NGC 3368 (M96)94
NGC 3623 (M65)94
NGC 3627 (M66)95
NGC 362896
NGC 4258 (Messier 106)96
NGC 436196
NGC 4472 (M49)97
NGC 4486 (M87)97
NGC 4490 (Cocoon Galaxy)98
NGC 449498
NGC 456599
NGC 4579 (M58)99
NGC 4736 (M94)100
NGC 4826 (M64, Black Eye Galaxy)100
NGC 5024 (M53)102
NGC 5055 (M63, Sun