Books by Philip S. Harrington

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Topics covered

• Image Acrobatics 

  • Eyepiece aberrations

• Eyepiece Evaluation

  • Huygens

  • Ramsden

  • Kellner

  • RKE

  • Orthoscopic (Abbe)

  • Erfle

  • Plössl

    • Super Plössl

  • Super-deluxe-extra-omni-ultra-maxi-mega-colossal eyepieces

  • No-frills eyepieces

  • Zoom eyepieces

  • Barlow lenses

  • Focal reducers

  • Coma correctors

  • Reticle eyepieces

• Pieces of the Puzzle

On-line Bonus Material

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Recommended reading

    Books

• Backyard Astronomer's Guide; Dickinson, T. and Dyer, A.; Camden House, 2002; ISBN 0921820119.  www.backyardastronomy.com

    Web sites

• Affordable Astronomy Equipment Reviews

• A new, but up and coming web site of astronomical equipment reviews.

• All About Eyepiece Designs

  • Nice overview of basic eyepiece designs.

• Excelsis Rate Your Equipment

  • An interesting on-line poll that asks visitors to rate their telescopes, binoculars, eyepieces, and other equipment.  Don't take all of the remarks seriously, however.

• Scopereviews.com

  • Ed Ting's excellent site devoted to reviews of telescopes and accessories.

• Telescope Simulator

  • Change telescope and eyepiece parameters, and this web site by Matt Wier will show what several objects will look like.  Very good test to see how a new eyepiece will work in your telescope. 

• Weatherman.com telescope reviews

• Todd Gross's extensive collection of telescope, binocular, and eyepiece reviews by Boston's premier television meteorologist and others.

   

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