Observing the Moon | 40 |
Observing the Planets | 40 |
Observing the Sun | 41 |
Observing | 41 |
Using the Setting Circles | 42 |
Star Hopping | 43 |
Viewing Conditions | 45 |
Transparency | 45 |
Sky Illumination | 45 |
Seeing | 45 |
▲ CELESTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 47 |
Short Exposure Prime Focus | 48 |
Piggyback | 49 |
▲ TELESCOPE MAINTENANCE | 51 |
Care and Cleaning of the Optics | 51 |
Collimation | 51 |
▲ OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES | 53 |
▲ THE MESSIER CATALOG | 56 |
▲ LIST OF BRIGHT STARS | 59 |
▲ FOR FURTHER READING | 60 |
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