Making Your Own Telescope

    Making Your Own Telescope

    By Allyn J. Thompson

    $16.95

    Publication Date: 22nd September 2011

    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 Di... Read More
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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 Di... Read More
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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.
    Details
    • Price: $16.95
    • Pages: 224
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
    • Publication Date: 22nd September 2011
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • Illustration Note: 100 Figs. 6 Halftone plates
    • ISBN: 9780486428833
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      SCIENCE / Astronomy
    Table of 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.
    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.
    • Price: $16.95
    • Pages: 224
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Books on Astronomy
    • Publication Date: 22nd September 2011
    • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
    • Illustrations Note: 100 Figs. 6 Halftone plates
    • ISBN: 9780486428833
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      SCIENCE / Astronomy
    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.