The Sun provides amateur astronomers with one of the few opportunities for daytime astronomy.
In order to see the major features of our nearest star, special telescopes that have a very narrow visible bandwidth are essential. The bandwidth has to be as narrow as 1 × 10-10 m (1 Angstrom) and centred on the absorption line of neutral hydrogen. This makes many major features of the Sun’s chromosphere visible to the observer. Such narrow-band "Fabry-Perot etalon filters" are high technology, and until the introduction of the Coronado range of solar telescopes, were too expensive for amateur use. The entry-level Coronado telescope, the PST (Personal Solar Telescope) costs under $500.
Solar prominences (vast columns of plasma, best seen at the edge of the solar disk), filaments, flares, sunspots, plage and active regions are all visible and can be imaged to produce spectacular solar photographs. Philip Pugh has assembled a team of contributors who show just how much solar work can be done with Coronado telescopes, and explain how to get the best from these marvellous instruments.
Written for:
Amateur and practical astronomers.
Keywords:
- astronomy books
- coronado book
- coronado telescopes
- h-alpha filters
- personal solar telescope
- solar binoculars
- solar telescopes
Table of contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Coronado PST
- Imaging
- Larger Coronado Hydrogen-alpha Telescopes
- Use of a SolarMax 60 filter system
- Summing up
Der Autor
Philip Pugh is a mathematician, a member of the Institute of Technical and Scientific Communicators, and travels the world as a freelance trainer in science and business. He has had his articles published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, and Astronomy Now, and is the author/editor of Springer’s forthcoming book, Observing the Sun with CoronadoTM Telescopes.
Springer Berlin, 2007, 220 S.
35,26 Euro
Broschiert, w. 40 b&w and 40 col. figs. and 40 duotones
ISBN: 978-0-387-68126-9
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