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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS has long been the scourge of those people selling low-cost astronomical telescopes via mail-order catalogs and non-specialist stores. Ten years ago the quality was appalling and disappointment would have been almost guaranteed. But times have changed, and having surveyed some the best and worst of today's inexpensive mail-order catalog and main-street astronomical telescopes, the authors have admitted to being astonished by how good some of them are. Astronomy With a Budget Telescope is in two parts. The first provides reports on some available models along with detailed and essential hints and tips about what to look for when buying. The second part describes how best to use the telescope, which celestial objects to observe (with full-page star charts to help find them), what you can expect to see, and how to take and even computer-enhance astronomical photographs.

(Extracted from the press release).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Preface.

-Contents.

-1. Introduction.

-2. How to Buy a Budget Telescope.

-3. How to Use a Budget Telescope.

-4. Observing the Solar System.

-5. Observing the Stars and Galaxies.

-6. Photography and Imaging.

-7. Image Processing Software.

-8. Trying Out Some Typical Budget Telescopes.

-9. The Next Steps.

-Photographs: Acknowledgements.

-Bibliography.

-Index.