Amateur telescope making
Amateur telescope making There is a strong tradition of amateur telescope making within the amateur astronomy community. ...
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Amateur Telescope Making   (translated from German)
Amateur Telescope Making Simple Dobson telescope (without and with scattered light protection) Amateur Telescope Making, shortened AT, is engl. ...
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Talk:Amateur telescope making
Talk:Amateur telescope making Should we shift this to amateur telescope making? --Robert Merkel I am new ...
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Telescope
Telescope For other senses of this word, see telescope (disambiguation). 50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. The word "telescope" (from the Greek tele = 'far' and skopein ... and for other signal types. An optical telescope is an optical tool that gathers ...
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Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy It has been suggested that this ... or section be merged with Skygazing. (Discuss) Amateur astronomy, often called back yard astronomy in ... objects and events are visible, but sometimes amateur astronomers also operate during the day for ... events such as sunspots and solar eclipses. Amateur astronomers often look at the sky using ... than their eyes, but common tools for amateur astronomy include portable telescopes and binoculars. ...
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Reflecting telescope
Reflecting telescope Ritchey 24" reflecting telescope A reflecting telescope (reflector) is an optical telescope which uses a combination of curved and ... Italian monk Niccolo Zucchi is credited with making the first reflector in 1616, but ...
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Robotic telescope
Robotic telescope A robotic telescope is an astronomical telescope and detector system that makes observations without ... of a human. In astronomical disciplines, a telescope qualifies as robotic if it makes those ... end them in the morning. A robotic telescope is distinct from a remote telescope , ...
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Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope, from the Space Shuttle Discovery during the ... Webpage http://hubble.nasa.gov Physical characteristics Telescope style Ritchey-Chretien reflector Diameter 2.4 ... optical spectrometer/camera (failed) The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth. Its ...
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Sky & Telescope
Sky & Telescope Sky & Telescope is a monthly magazine providing articles and ... on all aspects of astronomy, space exploration, telescope equipment, and amateur telescope making and use. The articles are ...
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Optical telescope
Optical telescope An optical telescope is a telescope which is used to gather, and focus ... light, for directly viewing a magnified image, making a photograph, etc. The term is used ... There are two primary types of optical telescope: reflectors (which use mirrors) and refractors ( ...
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