Side Lights on Astronomy

NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. the impression is quite common that satisfactory views of the heavenly bodies can be obtained only with very large telescopes, and that the owner of a small one must stand at a great disadvantage alongside of the fortunate possessor of a great one. This is not true to the extent commonly supposed. Sir William Herschel would have been delighted to view the moon through what we should now consider a very modest instrument; and there are some objects, especially the moon, which commonly present a more pleasing aspect through a small telescope than through a large one.Newcomb, Simon is the author of 'Side Lights on Astronomy', published 2004 under ISBN 9781419247194 and ISBN 1419247190.