Amateur telescope making
Offers a variety of designs for telescopes, mounts and drives which are suitable for the home-constructor. The designs range from simple to advanced, but all are within the range of a moderately well-equipped home workshop. The book not only tells the reader what he can construct, but also what it is sensible to construct given what is available commercially. Thus each chapter begins with reasons for undertaking the project, then looks at theoretical consideration before finishing with practica…
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- Full title :Amateur telescope making / Stephen F. Tonkin (ed.).
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Offers a variety of designs for telescopes, mounts and drives which are suitable for the home-constructor. The designs range from simple to advanced, but all are within the range of a moderately well-equipped home workshop. The book not only tells the reader what he can construct, but also what it is sensible to construct given what is available commercially. Thus each chapter begins with reasons for undertaking the project, then looks at theoretical consideration before finishing with practical instructions and advice. An indication is given as to the skills required for the various projects.--From publisher description.
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- Publication Date:©1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 259 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1852330007, 9781852330002
- oclc:ocm39368539
- LC Classification:QB88
- Dewey Decimal:681/.4123
Table of Contents
Introduction / Stephen Tonkin -- 1. A 6-inch f/5 Telescope / Steven Lee -- 2. "Skinflint": A 15.5-inch f/4.8 Reflector / Gil Stacy -- 3. An 80 mm RFT Refractor / Stephen Tonkin -- 4. Building A High-Contrast Planetary Newtonian / Gary Seronik -- 5. A Collapsible Refractor / Klaus-Peter Schroder -- 6. The Construction of a Buchroeder Quad-Shiefspiegler / Terry Platt -- 7. A Wright Camera / Bratislav Curcic -- 8. A Ball-Scope: The Best Portable Telescope! / Steven Lee -- 9. Equatorial Platforms / Chuck Shaw -- 10. A Computerized Dobsonian / Mel Bartels -- 11. Parallelogram Binocular Mount / Scott Wilson -- 12. A Better Barn Door / Stephen Tonkin -- 13. "Skypod": A Simple Sky-Tracker for Astrophotography / E.G. Mason -- 14. Building and Using a Cookbook CCD Camera / Al Kelly -- 15. A Telescope Controller for Synchronous Motors / David Johnson.
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