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Using the Meade ETX

100 Objects You Can Really See with the Mighty ETX

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  • © 2002

Overview

Authors:
  1. Mike Weasner
  • First book dedicated entirely to the ETX
  • Written by an acknowledged world authority
  • Describes the "best" 100 objects to begin observing
  • Contains detailed hints and tips aimed at getting the best out of the ETX
  • Features imaging (photographic and digital) as well as visual observing

Part of the book series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (PATRICKMOORE)

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About this book

In 1996 Meade, the world's largest astronomical telescope manufacturer, introduced the ETX, a low-cost and genuinely portable instrument capable of results close to the theoretical limits of optical performance. Since then several different models have been introduced, most of them controlled by on-board computers that automatically point the telescope at objects selected from a database of 12,000. Unfortunately not all these objects are visible when looking through the ETX! (They are included because they can be imaged with special equipment.) Mike Weasner is a world expert on the ETX range, and describes the "best" 100 objects to start with, and offers hints and tips about using and looking after the telescope to get the best possible results.

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. ETX Basics

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 1-22

  3. ETX Hints and Tips

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 23-41

  4. Observing Techniques

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 43-55

  5. Objects

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 57-88

  6. Photography

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 89-108

  7. ETX Questions and Answers

    • Mike Weasner
    Pages 109-195

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 197-208
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Using the Meade ETX

  • Book Subtitle: 100 Objects You Can Really See with the Mighty ETX

  • Authors: Mike Weasner

  • Series Title: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0195-6

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-351-5Published: 25 January 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0195-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-9756

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6562

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 210

  • Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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