The Alt-Az Initiative: Telescope, Mirror, and Instrument Development

Genet, Russell M. (editor); Johnson, Jolyon M. (editor); Wallen , Vera (editor)

ISBN 10: 0978844149 / ISBN 13: 9780978844141

Published by Collins Foundation Press, 2010

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RARE heavy oversize paperback, published by Collins Foundation Press, 2010. 524pp. Some creasing to spine & covers, sticker to back cover. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Alt-Az Initiative: Telescope, Mirror, and Instrument Development
• Publisher: Collins Foundation Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978844149
• ISBN 13: 9780978844141
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering
  • Science
  • Physics

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Synopsis

Lightweight, low cost, portable 1 to 2 meter telescopes are being developed by the Alt-Az Initiative, an enthusiastic group of amateur telescope makers, instrumentalists, and professional astronomers pushing the state-of-the-art for the fun of it. They combine their own ideas with high tech ideas borrowed from giant mountaintop telescopes. This book is a snapshot in time of their development efforts. Some will pan out. Others will fall by the wayside. Read about their adventures. You may be inspired to join them! The Alt-Az Telescope, Mirror, and Instrument Developments Edited by Russell M. Genet, Jolyon M. Johnson, and Vera Wallen Foreword by Richard Berry