文档介绍：The Sky is Your Laboratory
Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs
Robert K. Buchheim
The Sky is Your
Laboratory
Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs
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Astronomy is one of the few sciences where the experienced amateur can conduct
original research, and contribute to professional studies. If you are wondering
whether you can do something useful, valuable, and permanent with your observa-
tional skills, the answer is, ``Yes, you can!'' You can do this: you are capable of
contributing to astronomical science.
This book will show you how to condu