Astronomy

Equipment^[1]

1. The Author's Astronomy Equipment.
2. Measuring Your Eye's Entry Pupil With a Digital Camera.
3. Using a Laser To Measure Vignetting On Binoculars and Telescopes.

Observing Reports

1. An 11x80 Chinon Observing Report From Antiparos.
2. An 11x80 Chinon, 20x100 Apogee and Tasco 60mm/700mm Observing Report From Antiparos.

Sketches^[2]

1. Comparative Messier Digital Object Sketches With 11x80 Chinon, 20x100 Apogee and a Tasco 60mm/700mm.

Theory^[1]

1. Using a Polytrope To Mathematically Model Stellar Structure.
2. An Application of Spectroscopy To Science Fiction Astronomy.
3. Travelling to the Moon by Solving the N-body Problem.
4. Gravity Sucks!.

Useful Programs

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

Notes

1. Function/data graphs done with Maple, and geometrical schematics with EucliDraw.
2. Made with Photoshop.

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