Choosing And Using Astronomical Filters (the Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

Astronomical Spectroscopy for Amateurs is a complete guide for amateur astronomers who are looking for a new challenge. After a brief overview of the development of spectroscopes and an introduction to the theory of stellar spectra, the book goes on to examine the various types of spectroscopes available to amateurs.

Amateur astronomers have to start somewhere. Most begin by buying a modest astronomical telescope and getting to know the night sky.

Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars is a complete guide to practical astronomy, written for beginners, intermediate-level astronomers, and even people who have not yet turned their gaze to the night sky.

This book helps readers learn astrophotography directly from innovators in the field. It covers all types of astronomical image processing, using DSLRs, and deep sky, planetary, widefield, and high resolution astronomical image processing.

As ‘distributed’ astronomical projects multiply, this text on how to produce professional-quality space imaging will be welcome to many amateurs equipped with today’s powerful telescopy. It offers a thorough grounding in the scientific principles and methods.

This book describes the many advantages of using binoculars for astronomy. It explains how to choose and evaluate binoculars as well as covers the functionality and physiology of binocular observation and their varying optical characteristics.