Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes, 2nd Edition

By Harold Richard Suiter Product Information: 9.00" by 6.00", 428 pages, published 2009, hardbound. From Richard Berry's Foreword to the Second Edition:"It is not often that a book opens the eyes of a whole generation of amateur astronomers—but the first edition of Dick Suiter’s Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes was just such a book. By giving its readers a simple, sensitive, and reliable test for optical performance, he enhanced the observing experience of every amateur astronomer who took its lessons to heart. Whether you were a novice or expert, star testing was important because it told you how to get the most from your telescope.What makes the star test so great is that it’s both very easy and very sensitive. The star test is so simple that you probably use it already without being aware of it. When focusing an instrument you probably roll the eyepiece back and forth a couple times before settling on the sharpest position. If the telescope is well figured, collimated properly,