Choosing and Using Astronomical Eyepieces by William Paolini

Choosing and Using Astronomical Eyepieces by William Paolini

A valuable reference that fills a number of niches including that of a buyer's guide, technical desk reference and observer's field guide.

William Paolini has been actively involved in optics and amateur astronomy for 45 years, has published numerous product reviews on major online amateur astronomy boards, and volunteers with public tours at a famous vintage Clark refractor site. 

 

Paolini's professional background is as an officer in the U. S. Air Force and as a computer scientist, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Education. He has worked for the U. S. Department of Defense, the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve, the World Bank, and a variety of commercial corporations in the information technology, information technology security, and telecommunications industries.

 

Paolini has been observing as an amateur astronomer since the mid-1960's, grinding mirrors for homemade Newtonian telescopes during the 1970's and eventually owning, using, and testing several hundreds of eyepieces in a wide variety of telescopes from achromatic and apochromat refractors to Newtonian, Maksutov-Cassegrain, and Schmidt-Cassegarian designs. Today he enjoys observing from his suburban home west of Washington, D. C., where his primary amateur astronomy pursuits are lunar, planetary, bright nebula, open cluster, and globular cluster observing.

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ISBN 13	9781461477228
ISBN 10	1461477220
Title	Choosing and Using Astronomical Eyepieces
Author	William Paolini
Series	The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2013-08-23
Number of pages	442
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.