03354nam a22005295i 4500 978-3-319-07689-8 DE-He213 20210617130913.0 cr nn 008mamaa 141025s2015 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783319076898 978-3-319-07689-8 10.1007/978-3-319-07689-8 doi QB4 PG bicssc SCI004000 bisacsh PG thema 520 23 Butler, Norman. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Building and Using Binoscopes [electronic resource] / by Norman Butler. 1st ed. 2015. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015. XIII, 342 p. 330 illus., 260 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 1431-9756 Preface -- Why Binoscopes?- Optical Designs -- Binoculars Are Binoscopes.- RTMC Riverside Telescope Makers Conference -- Homemade Binoscopes -- One-Of-A-Kind -- Odds and Ends -- Equatorial Drive Platforms -- Equatorial vs. Altazimuth -- Binoculars Of-The-Third-Kind.- Astronomical Formulae -- Glossary -- Index. Focusing on both homemade and commercial products, this book provides the reader with simple and straightforward information about the modelling and building of binoscopes. Binoscopes can be thought of as binoculars enlarged to the size of telescopes: essentially, a combination of the two. Constructing a binoscope is easier than most people think, but it still demands attention to detail and proper background knowledge. The author goes on to provide additional information about how to understand the products currently on the market, should the reader choose to purchase a binoscope instead of building one. Lastly, the book also compares binoscopes with telescopes in great detail, outlining the differences the reader can expect to see in the night sky from using both. The celestial views obtained with a binoscope, compared to a single telescope of the same aperture, are a very different experience and well worth the effort. Observations, Astronomical. Astronomy—Observations. Astronomy. Lasers. Photonics. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 Popular Science in Astronomy. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31030 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783319076904 Printed edition: 9783319076881 The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 1431-9756 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07689-8 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651) Physics and Astronomy (R0) (SpringerNature-43715)