HANDBOOK FOR OBSERVING THE SATELLITES by Howard, N. E. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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HANDBOOK FOR OBSERVING THE SATELLITES

by Howard, N. E.

New York, 1958: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 136 pages, $3.50

The "Handbook" covers fundamentals of celestial mechanics, observation means and aids, construction of Moonwatch telescopes, the Moon-watch Program, acquisition and tracking, photography, scientific uses of satellites, etc. There are ten useful appendices.


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III

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