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A Buyer’s and User’s Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & BinocularsObserving Techniques

A Buyer’s and User’s Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars: Observing Techniques [It has often been said that the person behind the eyepiece of a telescope or pair of binoculars is far 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 training the eye — and along with it the brain that processes the images formed by it from the telescope itself.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Buyer’s and User’s Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & BinocularsObserving Techniques

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Publisher
Springer London
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag London Limited 2007
ISBN
978-1-84628-439-7
Pages
93 –104
DOI
10.1007/978-1-84628-707-7_10
Publisher site
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Abstract

[It has often been said that the person behind the eyepiece of a telescope or pair of binoculars is far 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 training the eye — and along with it the brain that processes the images formed by it from the telescope itself.]

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Dark Adaptation; Stray Light; Sharp Image; Double Star; Light Pollution

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