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Making Your Own Telescope
A book that has been used with great success by countless amateur astronomers, this volume presents complete and detailed instructions and numerous diagrams showing how to construct a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics.Contents: 1. Story of the Telescope. 2. Materials and Equipment. 3. Mirror Grinding. 4. The Pitch Lap. 5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting. 6. The Paraboloid. 7. The Diagonal. 8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder. 9. Eyepieces and Related Problems. 10. The Mounting. 11. Aluminizing and Cleaning. 12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment. 13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes. 14. A Second Telescope. Appendixes. Index.
Reprint of the Sky Publishing, Cambridge, MA, 1973 edition.
amateur astronomers; home sciences; detailed instructions; numerous diagrams; construct and do it yourself; diy; optics; astronomy; step by step directions; instructions and fundamentals; materials and equipment; mirror grinding; pitch lap; polishing testing correcting; the paraboloid; diagonal; tube parts alignment the finder; eyepieces and related problems; mounting; aluminizing and cleaning; setting circles equatorial adjustment; optical principles atmosphere magnitudes; optics; astronomy; step-by-step instructions; telescope; do- it - yourself$4.45
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A book that has been used with great success by countless amateur astronomers, this volume presents complete and detailed instructions and numerous diagrams showing how to construct a do-it-yourself telescope. No complicated mathematics are involved, and no prior knowledge of optics or astronomy is needed to follow the text's step-by-step directions, which also offer instruction in the fundamentals of practical optics.Contents: 1. Story of the Telescope. 2. Materials and Equipment. 3. Mirror Grinding. 4. The Pitch Lap. 5. Polishing-Testing-Correcting. 6. The Paraboloid. 7. The Diagonal. 8. Tube Parts-Alignment-The Finder. 9. Eyepieces and Related Problems. 10. The Mounting. 11. Aluminizing and Cleaning. 12. Setting Circles-Equatorial Adjustment. 13. Optical Principles-Atmosphere-Magnitudes. 14. A Second Telescope. Appendixes. Index.
Reprint of the Sky Publishing, Cambridge, MA, 1973 edition.
amateur astronomers; home sciences; detailed instructions; numerous diagrams; construct and do it yourself; diy; optics; astronomy; step by step directions; instructions and fundamentals; materials and equipment; mirror grinding; pitch lap; polishing testing correcting; the paraboloid; diagonal; tube parts alignment the finder; eyepieces and related problems; mounting; aluminizing and cleaning; setting circles equatorial adjustment; optical principles atmosphere magnitudes; optics; astronomy; step-by-step instructions; telescope; do- it - yourself
