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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254613103321

Autore

Chen James

Titolo

The Vixen Star Book User Guide : How to Use the Star Book TEN and the Original Star Book / / by James Chen, Adam Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-21593-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, , 1431-9756

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Astronomy

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy - Observations

Software engineering

Popular Science in Astronomy

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Brief History of Vixen Computerized Telescope Mounts for Amateurs -- Backyard Astronomy Basics -- Introduction to the Star Book-TEN -- Basic Operation of the Star Book-TEN -- Learned Lessons in Using the Star Book-TEN -- Introduction to the Original Star Book -- Basic Operation of the Star Book -- Learned Lessons in Using the Star Book -- Notes on the Star Book-One and Star Book-S systems -- Accessories for Vixen Mounts -- Mounting Other Optical Tubes on the Vixen Mounts -- Maintenance and Care of the Star Book mounts.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is for anyone who owns, or is thinking of owning, a Vixen Star Book Ten telescope mount or its predecessor. A revolution in amateur astronomy has occurred in the past decade with the wide availability of high tech, computer-driven, Go-To telescopes. Vixen Optics is leading the way by offering the Star Book Ten system, with its unique star map graphics software. The Star Book Ten is the latest version of computer telescope control using star map graphics as a user interface, first introduced in the original Star Book first offered in



2003. The increasingly complicated nature of this software means that learning to optimize this program is not straightforward, and yet the resulting views when all features are correctly deployed can be phenomenal. After a short history of computerized Go-To telescopes for the consumer amateur astronomer market, Chen offers a treasury of technical information. His advice, tips, and solutions aid the user in getting the most out of the Star Book Ten system in observing sessions.