Choosing and using a new CAT : getting the most from your Schmidt Cassegrain or any catadioptric telescope /: getting the most from your Schmidt Cassegrain or any catadioptric telescope. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rod Mollise.
• Other Names: Mollise, Rod, 1953-
• Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Why a CAT? -- 1.1 Deep Sky Visual Observing -- 1.2 Solar System Observing -- 1.3 Imaging -- 1.4 Advanced Applications -- 1.5 SCT Liabilities -- 1.5.1 Contrast Problems -- 1.5.2 Collimation -- 1.5.3 Small Aperture -- 1.5.4 Portability -- 1.6 Is a CAT for Me? -- Chapter 2: What's a CAT? -- 2.1 The Refracting Telescope -- 2.2 Birth of the CAT -- 2.3 The Schmidt Camera -- 2.4 Putting it All Together: The Schmidt Cassegrain -- Chapter 3: Inside a CAT -- 3.1 The Commercial SCT -- 3.2 Meade -- 3.3 Which Is Better, Celestron or Meade? 3.4 Anatomy of an SCT -- 3.4.1 Optical Tube Assembly -- 3.5 Mountings -- 3.5.1 Fork Mounts -- 3.5.2 The German Equatorial Mount -- 3.5.3 Hand Controls -- 3.5.4 Tripods -- 3.6 Who Makes SCTs? -- 3.7 Other Members of the CAT Tribe -- Chapter 4: Which CAT? -- 4.1 Telescope Buyer's Guide -- 4.2 A Few Words about GPS -- 4.3 Entry-Level 8-in. SCTs -- 4.4 Basic 8-in. Models -- 4.4.1 Celestron Advanced VX Series C8 -- 4.4.2 Meade LX85 ACF -- 4.4.3 Celestron NexStar 8SE -- 4.4.4 Meade LX65 ACF Series 8-in. -- 4.5 Mid-Level 8-in. SCTs -- 4.5.1 Celestron Evolution 8 -- 4.5.2 Meade LX90 ACF 8-in. SCT 4.5.3 Celestron CPC 800 GPS -- 4.5.4 Meade LS 8 in. ACF f/10 LightSwitch Telescope -- 4.5.5 Celestron CGEM II 800 -- 4.6 Top-of-the-Line 8-in. SCTs -- 4.6.1 Meade LX200-ACF 8-in. -- 4.6.2 Celestron CGX Equatorial 800 -- 4.7 The Big CATs -- 4.7.1 Celestron C9.25 and C11 Advanced VX -- 4.7.2 Celestron CPC 925 and 1100 -- 4.7.3 Celestron CGX-L 925, CGE 1100, and CGE 1400 -- 4.7.4 Meade LX90-ACF 10- and 12-in. -- 4.7.5 Meade LX200-ACF 10- and 12-in. -- 4.7.6 Meade LX200-ACF 14 in. -- 4.7.7 Meade LX200-ACF 16-in. -- 4.7.8 Meade LX600-ACF 10-, 12-, 14-, and 16-in. 4.7.9 Meade LX850-ACF 10-, 12-, and 14-in. GEM SCTs -- 4.8 Little Kitties: Smaller SCTs -- 4.8.1 Celestron NexStar 5SE and NexStar 6SE -- 4.8.2 Meade LS 6-in. ACF f/10 LightSwitch SCT -- 4.8.3 Meade LX65 6-in. ACF SCT -- 4.8.4 Celestron Advanced VX 6-in. SCT -- 4.9 Here Come the Maks! -- 4.9.1 Meade ETX90 Observer and ETX125 Observer 90-mm and 125-mm MCTs -- 4.9.2 Meade LX65 5- and 6-in. MCTs and 6-in. SCT -- 4.9.3 Questar 3.5 -- 4.9.4 Questar 7 -- 4.9.5 Celestron NexStar 4SE -- 4.9.6 Synta (Orion) 90-, 102-, 127-, 150-, and 180-mm Maksutovs 4.10 Buying an OTA Only and Rolling Your Own CAT with a Third-Party GEM -- 4.10.1 Synta -- 4.10.2 iOptron -- 4.10.3 AZ Mount Pro -- 4.10.4 iEQ30 and iEQ45 -- 4.10.5 CEM25P, CEM60, and CEM120 Center Balanced Equatorial Mounts -- 4.10.6 Losmandy -- 4.10.7 GM8G -- 4.10.8 GM811G -- 4.10.9 G11G -- 4.10.10 G11T -- 4.10.11 Astro-Physics -- 4.10.12 Software Bisque -- 4.11 Mounting CAT to GEM -- 4.12 Dealing with Dealers -- 4.13 Buying a Used CAT -- Chapter 5: Making Friends with a CAT -- 5.1 Initial Inspection -- 5.2 Assembling Your Fork-Mount Telescope -- 5.3 Assembling Your German Equatorial Mount
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 522.2; Reflecting telescopes; Catadioptric systems; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030397777; 3030397777
• Related ISBNs: 9783030397760
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020).
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