Red cloth. First published 1994. Guide to the use of the most popular telescope in the world, the 20-cm (8-in) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, and figures. With 40-pages/ten appendices in rear, full of hard-to-find, practical information. Tiny, shallow bump to upper front board at midpoint. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn in a very lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

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Title: The 20-CM Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope: A Practical Observing Guide
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521433606
ISBN 13: 9780521433600
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +

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This is a guide to the use of the most popular type of telescope in the world, the 20-cm (8-in) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Peter Manly takes the telescope owner through all aspects of using the telescope in easy stages.It starts with techniques for viewing the Moon, then takes the observer through our planetary system, and on to the deep sky, where nebulae and galaxies are treated extensively. A full range of telescope accessories and detectors is desxcribed together with advice on their use.

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