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A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and BinocularsObserving Techniques

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and Binoculars: Observing Techniques [It’s often been said that the person behind the eyepiece of a telescope or pair of binoculars is much more important than the size or type or quality of the instrument itself. An inexperienced observer may look at the planet Jupiter and perhaps detect its two major dark equatorial bands, while an experienced one will typically see more than a dozen belts and bands using the very same telescope at the same magnification. Again, a novice may glimpse a nebula as a barely visible ghostly glow in the eyepiece, while a seasoned observer will see intricate details and even in some cases various hues. It’s all a matter of the training of the eye—and along with it the brain that processes the images formed by the telescope.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Buyer's and User's Guide to Astronomical Telescopes and BinocularsObserving Techniques

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Springer New York
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
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978-1-4614-8732-6
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93 –104
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10.1007/978-1-4614-8733-3_10
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[It’s often been said that the person behind the eyepiece of a telescope or pair of binoculars is much more important than the size or type or quality of the instrument itself. An inexperienced observer may look at the planet Jupiter and perhaps detect its two major dark equatorial bands, while an experienced one will typically see more than a dozen belts and bands using the very same telescope at the same magnification. Again, a novice may glimpse a nebula as a barely visible ghostly glow in the eyepiece, while a seasoned observer will see intricate details and even in some cases various hues. It’s all a matter of the training of the eye—and along with it the brain that processes the images formed by the telescope.]

Published: Sep 12, 2013

Keywords: Dark Adaptation; Primary Mirror; Double Star; Light Pollution; Classic Observer

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