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Erscheinungsdatum
09.02.2011
Serien- oder Bandtitel
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Autorenporträt
Ken Harrison was born in Scotland where he trained as a mechanical engineer. He has been designing and building telescopes since the early 1960’s and has built a series of spectroscopes for use on medium sized amateur telescopes. He was Section Director of the Astronomical Society of Victoria, Australia, Astrophotographic Section for ten years and past President of the Society. Harrison’s university thesis (and his first publication) was Design and Construction of the Isaac Newton 98-inch Telescope (Strathclyde University, 1970). Since then he has published many articles on optical design, including “Blink Comparison” (BAA Journal Vol87, p94) and “Method of Radially Supporting Large Mirrors” (Vol87, p154). He has made contributions to the Astronomical Society of Victoria Newsletter and was for three years the Editor of the ‘N’Daba’ newsletter of the Natal Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa.
Schlagwörter
Amateur spectroscopy, Analyzing starlight, Astronomical spectroscopy, CCD spectroscopy, Grating spectroscope, How to build spectroscope, Star analyzer, Stellar spectroscope
Thema-Inhalt
PGG - Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Ausrüstungen und Methoden
PG - Astronomie, Raum und Zeit
TJF - Elektronik
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