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title	:	The Amateur Astronomer
author	:	Carlson, Shawn.
publisher	:	John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (US)
isbn10 | asin	:	0471382825
print isbn13	:	9780471382829
ebook isbn13	:	9780471436997
language	:	English
subject	Astronomy--Amateurs' manuals.
publication date	:	2001
lcc	:	QB63.A23 2001eb
ddc	:	520
subject	:	Astronomy--Amateurs' manuals.

Page iii SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN The Amateur Astronomer Edited by Shawn Carlson

Page iv Copyright 2001 by Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Illustrations 11-1 and 11-2 copyright 1990 and 12-1, 25-1, and 26-1 copyright 2001 by Michael Goodman No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6011, fax (212) 850-6008, email: PERMREQ@WILEY.COM. The publisher and the author have made every reasonable effort to ensure that the experiments and activities in this book are safe when conducted as instructed but assume no responsibility for any damage caused or sustained while performing the experiments or activities in the book. Parents, guardians, and/or teachers should supervise young readers who undertake the experiments and activities in this book. This title is also available in print as ISBN: 0-471-38282-5 (pbk. : acid-free paper) For more information about Wiley products, visit our web site at www.Wiley.com

Page v CONTENTS Foreword vii Introduction ix Part 1 Telescope Making 1. A Simple Telescope for Beginners 3 2. How to Grind, Polish and Test an Aluminum Telescope Mirror 18 3. The Behavior of the Telescope-maker's Pitch 28 4. The Dall-Kirkham Telescope 34 5. Principles of Erecting Telescopes 41 6. Powerful Pocket Telescopes 45 7. A Novel Refracting Telescope 49 8. "Off-Axis" Reflecting Telescopes 58 9. Steady Telescope Mountings 65 10. Two Amateur-Built Radio Telescopes 72 Part 2 The Sun 11. How to Observe and Record Sunspots Safely 87 12. Sun of a Gun 95 13. A Coronagraph to View Solar Prominences 99 14. Two Spectroheliographs to Observe the Solar Disk 105 Part 3 The Earth, Moon, and Satellites 15. A Pendulum That Detects the Earth's Rotation 121 16. Observing Changes on the Moon 130 17. Curious Amateur Observations of the Moon 135 18. A Pauper's Guide to Measuring Latitude 143

Page vi 19. Precision Geolocation Using Lunar Occultation 147 20. Sundial Potpourri 155 21. How to Study Artificial Satellites 167 22. Predicting Satellite Orbits 176 Part 4 The Planets, Comets, and Stars 23. Amateur Observations of Jupiter 189 24. Predicting Planetary Alignments 194 25. Catch a Comet by Its Tail 203 26. A Picture-Perfect Comet 207 27. A Device to Simulate Planetary Orbits

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