ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY HANDBOOK

 

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY HANDBOOK

                                                              Joan Genebriera 

                          

       

 

                                           ASTROPRIORAT OBSERVATORY

                                                                     MPC CODE M02

                                                          PREFACE

                         

Cerro Paranal, Chile 2009

                                               

 In a first intention, these notes were created for my own use as “field notes” not intended to substitute a good textbook on operational or astronomical instrumentation. Therefore, I apologize to the reader if they seem sometimes a little “cryptic”.

Just because of that they might be useful to those who seek practical details not found elsewhere.

 The reader will note that mention is frequently made of the Tacande observatory, La Palma. This is because a large part of the manual was produced during the period of use of this observatory. Now  the observatory is located in Catalonia, continental Spain

These notes are the result of over 25 years of collecting my own data, except when specifically quoted as the work of other persons or institutions. These notes are freely available, but for the same ethical principle please cite this source for partial or total reproduction.

The observatory is not designed for a specific specialization. The activities are very diverse, such as the most advanced like spectroscopy, the occultations of stars by objects in the Solar System or the registration of exoplanets, but I also actively work in astrometry of asteroids and comets, variable stars, double stars, astrophotography of the Sun, planetary and deep sky. I cannot forget the construction in my own workshop of telescopes and all kinds of accessories.

I want to thank my colleague and friend Boris Fritz for his contribution of “DEEP SKY VISUAL OBSERVATION" to these notes.

 

 

                                                                        Joan Genebriera, December 2002

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