How to Use a Computerized Telescope: Practical Amateur Astronomy Volume 1
- ISBN-10
- 0521007909
- ISBN-13
- 9780521007900
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-09-26
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Michael A. Covington
Description
The first handbook that describes how to start observing the sky with a computerized telescope.
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