Introduction to Observing and Photographing the Solar System

This book is an invitation to the owner or future owner of a telescope to make his observing efforts more effective, and hence more enjoyable and more useful. The armchair astronomer, who prefers to observe from his cozy living room will find much informative reading. The historian of science will encounter many little known incidents from the past of astronomy. The careful student will discern numerous examples of the successful application of the methods of science.