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Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies

Part of the Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6851-7

ISBN: 978-1-4419-6850-0

Publisher: Springer New York - Springer Journals

Aug 6, 2010

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Chapter 1Introduction

Monks, Neale

Pages: 1 –13

[The four chapters after this one contain objects best placed in winter, spring, summer, or autumn, respectively. So to start with, you’ll want to open the book to the chapter relevant to whatever month you’re observing in.]
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Chapter 2Winter

Monks, Neale

Pages: 15 –66

[Although winter nights are very cold, amateur astronomers have good reason the bundle themselves up into warm clothing to brave the chill. For one thing, the ecliptic is at its highest this time of year, so if you’re observing the planets, they’ll be well above the murky skies of the horizon,...
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Chapter 3Spring

Monks, Neale

Pages: 67 –113

[During the spring the orientation of Earth is such that when you look up at the night sky you are not looking into the center of the Milky Way galaxy but away from it. So instead of seeing those objects associated with the core of our galaxy, such as open clusters and globular clusters, you are...
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Chapter 4Summer

Monks, Neale

Pages: 115 –173

[The summer sky is dominated by the Milky Way, and for northern observers, this is the best time of the year to see that part of the Milky Way that passes through the southern constellations of Scutum, Sagittarius and Scorpius. What we’re looking at is in fact the Sagittarius-Carina Arm of the...
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Chapter 5Autumn

Monks, Neale

Pages: 175 –223

[For observers in the northern hemisphere, autumn is a difficult season for deep sky observing. The Moon follows a path at this time of year that means while waxing and waning gibbous it is far above the horizon flooding the night sky with its light. Although appreciated in the past as a source...

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