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20 reflector enclosure RFT system 14 reflector 12 binocular 22 reflector 22 binocular This Web site contains articles on my telescope making projects. Each telescope's construction is described in detail with text, annotated photos and related Internet links. Small images shown in shaded relief are links. Amateur telescope makers -- ATMs -- freely borrow designs from each other. I hope ...

Weird Telescopes A big West Virginia welcome to my weird telescope page. Achieving the very best views of the night sky is what this page is about. Showcased here are a variety of solutions by individuals in search of the perfect image. These instruments all seem strange: the need to use mirrors while keeping them from shadowing each other gives these telescopes odd geometries. Come join the ...

Amateur telescope making projects, tips, techniques, and reviews.

MODAS - Modern Optical Design and Analysis Software written by Ivan Krastev integrate all the features required to design, analyze, optimize, tolerance, document optical and telescope systems ...

Personal Home page of Dan Bakken ...

Astro-Tel - Mirror Making and other Activities by Laurie Hall.

Got Grit Telescope Mirror Making Supplies Mirror Grinding Kits, Tutorials ...

Stellafane Amateur Telescope Making Pages by the Springfield Telescope Makers Revised 2002-Feb-21 Copyright & Contact Information Stellafane Home Page /images/home_page/alert01.gif height= 100 width= 100 align= left vspace= 10 hspace= 10 alt= ALERT!!! ...

Two car garage observatory, powered dome and telescope, drawings and diagrams, astronomy links ...

Other software: Deep Space / Planet Tracker // Return to David Chandler Company Home Page Cell Cell is a public domain program written originally as part of the design of the 24 equatorially mounted telescope Byron Melland and I built for the Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers. An early form of the program in BASIC (for 9 and 18 point cells only) was published in ATM and has been used by a ...

Telescope making 1997 - 2000 Telescope Making Web Ring Next | Previous | Random | List Sites Next 5 | Previous 5 | Join Click to subscribe to bigdob In the beginning... It was a fine sunny day in the summer of 97, and I was sitting in a beer garden with my friend Barmy. Since we're incredibly sad people, we were of course talking about physics, and were wondering if there was a quick and easy ...

A long-standing interest of mine. Even though I'm plagued by city lights and poor weather, on the occasional night, it all comes together and the magic is re-kindled. Here are my experiences of: TELESCOPES - How I built a 6 inch Dobsonian, and my 4 inch cat. Details of a home-built Equatorial Platform on this page. ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY - Using conventional cameras and film. CCD STUFF - Web camera ...

Java for Amateur Astronomers and Telescope Makers written by Ivan Krastev, consists freeware applets and java scripts, related to the astronomy and telescope design ...

A 27 pound travel scope Before After This telescope was designed around a 13.1 f/4.5 mirror and the desire to get it inside a suitcase that meets the requirements for carry on luggage of most airlines so that no part of the scope would have to be checked. There is a lot of variation from one airline to another so I decided on 14 x 9 x 22 . My weight goal was to keep it under 40 ...

Click to START Return to: interstellarflight.com: Amatuer Telescope Making Links and Bibliography Building a six inch Newtonian telescope with a focal ratio of approximately seven point six. On a Dobsonian mount. What a mouthful that is. But with any luck, those of you who don t know what that means will have some idea by the end of my talk. I ll try to keep it a short and simple without ...