This book is for my father, Allan Tonkin, who, by his example, taught me the distinction between price and value.
Contents |
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| Introduction |
Stephen Tonkin | |
Refractors |
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| Chapter 1: Upgrading a 60mm Refractor |
Stephen Tonkin | |
| Chapter 2: Experiences with a 60mm Telescope |
Robert Hatch | |
| Chapter 3: Observing wiht a 60mm Refractor |
Stephen Tonkin | |
| Chapter 4: The Orion ShortTube 80mm Rich-field Refractor |
Dave Mitsky | |
| Chapter 5: Visual Observations of Deep-sky Objects with Small
Telescopes |
Jay Reynolds Freeman | |
Reflectors |
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| Chapter 6: A 100mm Reflector in the Hands of a Young Astronomer |
Tim Tonkin | |
| Chapter 7: Modifying the Orion ShortTube Reflector |
Dwight Elvey | |
| Chapter 8: The Celestron Firstscope 114 Deluxe |
Kevin P. Daly | |
Catadioptrics |
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| Chapter 9: The Mighty ETX |
Michael L. Weasner | |
| Chapter 10: The "C5++" |
Stephen Tonkin | |
Radio |
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| Chapter 11: Meteor Observations with a Small Radio Telescope |
Stephen Tonkin |