Astronomy

Presentations

1. The Author's Astronomy Equipment.
2. An 11x80 Chinon Observing Report from Antiparos.
3. An Apogee 20x100/Tasco and Chinon 11x80 Observing Report from Antiparos.
4. Measuring Your Eye's Entry Pupil With a Digital Camera.
5. Comparative Messier Digital Object Sketches With 11x80, 20x100 and a Tasco 60mm/700mm.
6. An Application of Spectroscopy To Science Fiction Astronomy.
7. Using A Polytrope To Mathematically Model Stellar Structure.
8. Using A Laser to Measure Vignetting on Binoculars and Telescopes.

Useful Programs

1. Familiarize yourself with the night time sky, with the excellent sky planetarium program Cartes du Ciel.
2. Gaze at the most realistic day/night time sky simulation, with the simulation program Stellarium.
3. Travel in space and time, with the space simulation program Celestia.

Function/data graphs were done with Maple, and geometrical schematics with EucliDraw.

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